Joint personnel from Jakarta Cooperatives, Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises and Trade (KUMKMP) Department, Jakarta Maritime and Agriculture Department, City Police, and Food and Drugs Monitoring Agency (BPOM) are raiding supermarkets and traditional markets in North Jakarta to look for expired food, Monday (7/21). As a result, various food products that already expired, their packaging damaged, and unworthy for consumption are seized.

Unworthy for consumption food is usually rampant starting D-7 Eid ul Fitr. Since need to buy food increasing by that time, consumers’ alert decreasing. We don’t’ want to let them being harmed due to buying unworthy food

“Unworthy for consumption food is usually rampant starting D-7 Eid ul Fitr. Since need to buy food increasing by that time, consumers’ alert decreasing. We don’t’ want to let them being harmed due to buying unworthy food,” stated Head of Jakarta KUMKMP Department, Irwansyah.

Meanwhile, Head of North Jakarta KUMKMP Sub-Department, Almond Daniel, said that his department conducts monitoring to supermarkets and traditional markets routinely. But approaching Eid ul Fitr, the monitoring is increased.

“As a result, in Rawa Badak Market we found several products that already expired, such as bread flour, seasoning broth, coconut juice, and salted egg noodles in various brands,” he informed.

Supinah (60), one of the traders who was caught selling expired products, told that she has been selling seasoning in her store in ground floor of Rawa Badak Market, Blok AKS, No. 49-51.

“Indeed those products were not sold much. That’s why I wasn’t aware their expired date was June 13, 2014. I’ll have them changed to the distributor and will not sell them to consumers,” she uttered.