Food Products at Four Traditional Markets and One Supermarket Safe for Consumption
Reported by Budhi Firmansyah Surapati | Translated by
The Central Jakarta Maritime, Agricultural and Food Security Sub-agency (KPKP), held integrated food safety monitoring at four traditional markets and one supermarket. As a result, they managed to examine 121 samples of agricultural and livestock products.
It also aims to ensure that agricultural and livestock products sold are safe for consumption
Central Jakarta KPKP Sub-agency Head, Penty Yunesi Pudyastuti expressed it was aimed at keeping agricultural and livestock products on the market safe for public consumption.
For agricultural products, her party did laboratory tests, such as pesticide and formalin residue tests. As for livestock products, testing was done for rottenness levels or Eber tests.
Food Safety Level Circulating in Jakarta Reaches 99.98 Percent"It also aims to ensure that agricultural and livestock products sold are safe for consumption and free from dangerous chemicals," she expressed, Tuesday (3/5).
She explained it was focused on markets of Gardu Asem, Sumur Batu, Serdang, and Nangka Bungur. While, supervision at supermarkets was done at the Kemayoran Farmer Market.
Central Jakarta KPKP Sub-agency's Food Security and Agriculture Section Head, Tono Hartono explained that at the Gardu Asem Market, his party did examination on 22 product samples, consisting of 16 samples of agricultural products and six livestock products.
Then 26 samples at Sumur Batu Market consisted of 19 samples of agricultural products and seven samples of livestock products. Further, at Serdang Market, there were 24 samples consisting of 17 samples of agricultural products and seven samples of livestock products.
Also at the Bungur Nangka Market, there were 28 samples consisting of 23 agricultural samples and five livestock samples. At the Kemayoran Farmer Market, the team tested 21 samples consisting of 17 samples of agricultural products and four samples of livestock products.
"From 121 samples examined, all safe and suitable for consumption," he stated.
