February 1, Food Supervision in 152 Locations Held

Jakarta Maritime, Agriculture, and Food Security Department plans to conduct integrated food supervision in 152 locations on February 1, 2019.

Those 152 locations consist of traditional markets, supermarkets, coaching locations (lokbin), shopping centers, and fishery centers

It is aimed to ensure the food safety produced by agricultural, fishery and animal products in the market, including minimize hazardous materials on food.

"Those 152 locations consist of traditional markets, supermarkets, coaching locations (lokbin), shopping centers, and fishery centers," said Darjamuni, Head of Jakarta Maritime, Agriculture, and Food Security Department, Tuesday (1/29).

344 Food Samples in Five Markets in S. Jakarta Examined

From such markets, around 51,310 food samples to be taken with details, 23,760 agricultural samples, 10,080 livestock samples, 17,470 fishery samples, 760 samples from central market, 260 samples from Cipinang Market, and 3,500 samples from fishery center.

The type of agricultural product samples comprising vegetables, fruits, and rice, livestock samples comprising beef, chicken meat, innards or intestines, and fishery samples comprising wet fish and processed fish.

"We have 70 supervisors here. We have prepared and coordinated to realize the implementation of effective and optimal supervision in accordance with standard operating procedure (SOP)," he stated.