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| BPOM: 2017, Most Traditional Illegal Official License Violation |
The Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) recorded about 215 cases of drug and food permits violations during 2017. The violations still focus on the existence of traditional illegal drugs.
"During 2017 a total of about 215 cases of dominance is a violation in the field of traditional medicine," said Head BPOM Penny Lukito in BPOM, Salemba, Jakarta, Friday (29/12/2017).
BPOM: 2017, Most Traditional Illegal Official License Violation
Penny says, in terms of type, strong male drugs or erectile dysfunction most permission violations. In the second rank are the drugs that claim to abort the womb. Generally, traditional medicine is rife in Semarang and Surabaya. He pointed out, there are a number of products containing harmful chemicals such as tramadol.
In addition to traditional medicine, about 25 percent of the total case is a violation of the form of food or food. Meanwhile, about 10 percent of the drug and the rest is cosmetic. To date, Penny estimates the value of material obtained by drug destruction during 2017 reached Rp112 billion.
"Perhaps the greater the economic value, but the impact of losses is much greater will certainly give the health effects of what the government will cost the greater the cost of consumption, will make the public sick and the burden will be to us as well," said Penny.
BPOM: 2017, Most Traditional Illegal Official License Violation
Based on data from BPOM, from January to November 2017 the total cases handled reached 215 cases. Number of cases decreased compared to 2016 (251 cases) and 2015 (282 cases). In 2017, BPOM found 24 illegal drug cases, 75 illegal traditional medicine cases, 57 cases of illegal cosmetics, and 59 illegal food cases.
BPOM Head of Investigation Center Hendri Siswadi explained the case of drug violation did indeed decrease. However, the number of confiscated goods increased.
"If the case is the quantity goes down, but the quality goes up, the lawsuit is the number of cases, but the case finding is big," Hendri said when met at BPOM Building, Salemba, Jakarta, Friday (29/12/2017).
During 2017, BPOM has conducted raids in 6 places on a large scale. Six places are South Kalimantan, Surabaya, Batam, Jakarta, Padang, and Makassar. Each region has different advantages.
BPOM: 2017, Most Traditional Illegal Official License Violation
"If South Kalimantan is a drug, in Tangsel we are thousands of grains that are medicine, each region varies depending on the local situation," said Hendri.
Meanwhile, from the origin of the goods, not a few goods exist that are local goods without permission other than illegal overseas goods. However, he can not elaborate as the number of local goods and illegal exports varies. Generally, these items are inserted through a number of beaches in East Sumatra such as Riau. Goods also come through East Kalimantan.
Hendri said BPOM is still conducting drug trafficking and illegal food. Currently, they have just touched the third tier of 5 layers of drugs and illegal food. They've got a list of actors on the third level.
"Well we hope in 2018 with the presence of deputies 4 will be wider, qualified people from intelligence from everywhere to work upstream," said Hendri.
Penny confess, he will strengthen law enforcement in the circulation of drugs and food. They strengthened deputies of enforcement and surveillance by buying 5 incinerator cars and monitoring cars in 2017 with a budget ceiling of Rp 4 billion in 2017. The five incinerator cars will be handed over five drug-prone areas and illegal food such as Jakarta, Serang, Banten, Bandung, West Java , Semarang, Central Java, and Surabaya, East Java.
BPOM: 2017, Most Traditional Illegal Official License Violation
"BPOM will also be present in the regency city as much as 40 areas for the first phase, 40 locations so BPOM will be closer to the community because there is in the city and the district of course thereby strengthening the infrastructure aspect will be increasingly expanded," Penny said.
In addition, BPOM will strengthen cooperation with the Police, Attorney, and a number of related parties. At the time of the mass extermination, BPOM entered into MoU with Scout to eradicate illegal drugs and food. They are also pushing for the enactment of drug control legislation.