MUNCAR – Joint officers from the Department of Industry, trade, and Mining (Scattered), public health Office (Discs), Police, Satpol PP, head of Division (Head of Division) The economy of the Banyuwangi Regency Government carried out a sudden inspection (Sidak) food and drinks (mom) in the Muncar District area yesterday (23/6).
During the sudden inspection, they searched the food and beverage sellers in a number of places, like Kedungrejo Market, a number of grocery stores in Tembokrejo Village, Kedungringin Village, and at Pasar Sumberberas, Muncar District.
The joint officers who departed from Banyuwangi, upon arrival in the Muncar District area, go straight to the Primasari grocery store in Muncar Baru Hamlet, Tembokrejo Village. In this place, officers found a number of foods and snacks that did not have labels, and there is no home industry food permit (PIRT).
“The products are beef floss and banana sale,said the head of section (Kasi) Consumer Protection and Metrology, Disperindagtam Banyuwangi, legimin. After that, from the Primasari grocery store, they visited the Cahaya Terang mini market in Kedungrejo Village.
In this shop the joint team also found snacks such as peanut shells, koro beans, squid crackers, advertisement, Australian corn, pilus, seaweed, marring corn, ear fungus, canned lychee fruit without a PIRT permit.
“The standard must include the name of the product, composition, product weight, expiration date, and manufacturer's name, so consumers know exactly what product to buy,He said. From Kedungrejo Village, the group continued to Pasar Sumberberas.
In this market, officers found expired food and beverage. Mamin who is no longer fit for sale, immediately confiscated. "We only give coaching sanctions to traders who sell expired mamin, we confiscate expired products so that traders do not sell them," he explained.
After checking the food and beverage sellers at the Sumberberas Market, The journey continues to Kedungringin Village. At one of the Snack Artha grocery stores on Jalan Sumberayu owned by Jemangin, 34, many snacks and pastries were found that were deliberately repackaged with no PIRT labels and permits.
Grocery store owner, Jemanin, 34, admitted that the mamin that was sold was obtained from a number of production houses owned by residents. Besides that, he also buys snack products in large quantities. Next, repackaged into various sizes.
"If the size is small, it's easier for buyers, and the price is also affordable," explained Jemangin. Every time before Eid, Jemangin admits that he sells snacks for Eid without a label and without a PIRT license.
"It's not just me who sells without a label, many others too, This is just before Eid,the excuse. One of the other traders, Anisa, 45, confessed that during Ramadan and approaching Eid, they received a deposit from the cake makers to sell.
“This is still new, I did not know that without a label is prohibited for sale,the excuse. (radar)
