Jakarta to Work With Regulator, Market Operator to End Sales of Hazardous Items
Jakarta. The Jakarta administration plans to sign an agreement with the Food and Drug Monitoring Agency, or BPOM, and city-run market operator PD Pasar Jaya to tackle the sale of products with hazardous ingredients.
“If a vendor at a market is found selling items containing dangerous chemicals, they will be kicked out of the market,” Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama said at City Hall on Tuesday, as quoted by Detik.com.
“We also will withdraw a factory’s permit if it’s found to be using dangerous chemicals in the production process,” he added.
Basuki said the move was part of city administration’s bid to curb the sale of food, beverages and cosmetics that contain hazardous or toxic chemicals.
“These include ingredients that have been scientifically proven to cause cancer, for instance,” Basuki said.
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