On Friday (3/25), the Central Jakarta Maritime Agriculture and Food Security (KPKP) Sub-agency conducted a food inspection in five markets to create a sense of security and comfort for the community regarding food products circulating in the market ahead of Ramadan.

This is conducted to ensure that the food sold does not contain hazardous substances

Central Jakarta KPKP Sub-agency Head Penti Yunesi Pudyastuti mentioned, during the inspection, her side wanted to check the use of the hazardous substance in livestock, fishery, and agricultural food products sold in traditional and modern markets.

Today, the officers inspected Hypermart Thamrin City, as well as Palmerah, Gandaria, Bendungan Hillir, and Lontar traditional markets.

"In each market, we check 24 samples of agricultural product s, 19 fishery products, and 8 livestock products. Thank God, there are no harmful substances in samples of food sold," she informed.

Her side committed to continuing food inspection in several modern and traditional markets until Eid al-Fitr.

"This is conducted to ensure that the food sold does not contain hazardous substances such as chlorine, formalin, rhodamine, and borax," she explained.