Potential Springs 333 Point
BANYUWANGI – The potential of water resources in Banyuwangi Regency is extraordinary. No half-hearted, at least 333 springs are scattered in Blambangan Earth. Don't be surprised when the drinking water industry is now bottled (bottled water) growing fast.
Dear, The rapid growth of the bottled drinking water industry has not been matched by quality standardization. Proven, not all bottled drinking water meets the requirements of Indonesian national standard products (SNI). “Until the end of the year 2011, there are only four bottled drinking water companies that meet SNI.
Says Hary Cahyo Purnomo, head of the Ministry of Industry, trade, and only four SNI Mineral Water Mining (Scattered) Banyuwangi, yesterday (16/10). Based on data from the Food and Drug Administration (BPOM), Harry said, the four bottled mineral water companies have registered SNI for eleven brands of bottled mineral water.
"Even though, all bottled drinking water must have an SNI certificate issued by a product certification body,” he said in front of bottled water entrepreneurs at Mahkota Plengkung Restaurant, Banyuwangi. Meanwhile, Head of Integrated Service Unit (UPT) Testing the Quality Certification of the Jember Tobacco Institute, Nyoman Siksiawati urges, emphasizes that bottled drinking water products must be safe, quality, debt, and halal.
Automatic, the production must comply with SNI and BPOM rules. "So, every AMDK product must meet SNI standards and be marked with SNI, so you have to take care of the SNI certificate,"he explained during the socialization of the measuring instrument calibration service plan with the UPT team yesterday. Nah, AMDK product certification service, Continue Urgent, can now be served at UPT Jember.
Even, His plan is to set up a calibration laboratory. Therefore, UPT Jember conducts socialization and dissemination to find out what tools are needed for calibration. “If calibration can be served in Jember, then no need to go to Surabaya, especially Jakarta.
So that, there will be cost and time efficiency. The management can work with the Banyuwangi Disperindagtam," he said. Apart from socializing, UPT Jember assisted by a team from Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, also distributed questionnaires. The questions in the questionnaire were answered by the entrepreneurs present, so that it becomes the material for the procurement of calibration tools later. "The results of the questionnaire will be known which field will be taken", so that the provision of calibration tools can be precise,"hope". (radar)
