One of the reasons for the high number of damaged or expired products found in eastern Indonesia is the long supply chain in the region, which increases the potential for food getting damaged or expiring.
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) has seized 86,883 food products that do not comply with the requirements, dominated by expired products, ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays.

At a press conference in Jakarta on Friday, BPOM head Taruna Ikrar said that as of December 18, 2024, the agency's supervision intensification section has inspected 2,999 processed food distribution facilities across Indonesia.

The facilities consist of traditional retail outlets, modern retailers, distributor warehouses, import warehouses, and e-commerce warehouses.

"From this, we have found 86,883 products that do not meet the requirements, with 54,845 of them being expired food products. This is quite dangerous if it expires like this, makes up 63.13 percent," he added.

The inspection also found 4,004 damaged items, accounting for 4.61 percent of the total findings, and 28,034 items without distribution permits, or 32.27 percent of the total findings.

Cyber patrols conducted by BPOM also detected 10,769 links from e-commerce platforms selling food products without distribution permits, reflecting a decline compared to 17,042 links last year.

"The BPOM has coordinated with e-commerce associations to take down content or links identified as selling products without distribution permits," he informed.

The total losses from the offline circulation of such products are pegged at Rp634 million, with the economic value of the online circulation of the products reaching Rp22.1 billion.

One of the reasons for the high number of damaged or expired products found in eastern Indonesia is the long supply chain in the region, which increases the potential for food getting damaged or expiring.

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