Formalin Food Found in Central Jakarta
access_time February 05 2016 02:32 PM remove_red_eye 2006
Reported by Rudi Hermawan | Translated by Rizky Mawardi
Reported by Rudi Hermawan | Translated by Rizky Mawardi
Jakarta Dept. of Micro Small and Middle Cooperative and Trade (KUMKMP) together with Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) held sudden inspection to modern and traditional markets in Central Jakarta.
Eight of them contained formalin and borax
During the raid, the joint personnel found food contained dangerous ingredients.
“We took 53 samples from Pasar Baru Metro Atom. Eight of them contained formalin and borax,” said Ety Syartika, agency’s personnel, Thursday (2/4).
Facing Imlek, Markets are InspectedIn Hypermart Gajah Mada, her side found expired and unlabelled canned food. The personnel then directly seized the products.
“We also found pork products joined with other products,” she added.
