In Kendari, BPOM Finds 3,081 Illegal Cosmetics For Sale In The Market Following Traditional Medicines

KENDARI - The Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, found as many as 3,081 illegal cosmetics or without distribution permits during 2021.

The head of BPOM Kendari, Yoseph Nahak Klau, said that from the results of monitoring in the market throughout 2021, 3,801 pieces were found that did not have a distribution permit, out of 277 items.

"Medicinal products that do not meet the provisions are 1,293 pcs out of 93 items, and 251 pcs of traditional medicines out of 16 items of traditional medicine that contain dangerous chemicals," he said in Kendari, Antara, Monday, December 27.

Products that do not meet the provisions (TMK) are dominated by cosmetics, followed by medicines and traditional medicines that contain harmful chemicals.

He conveyed, of the 58 facilities that have carried out market control actions for medicinal and food products, only 16 facilities met the provisions or 27.59 percent, and 42 facilities did not meet the provisions or 72.41 percent.

In addition, he conveyed the intensification of supervision carried out from December 1-21 2021 with a total of 39 facilities. 16 of them are distributors and 23 are retail.

Of the 16 distributor facilities there are 13 that meet the provisions (MK) and 3 that do not meet the provisions (TMK). Meanwhile, from 23 retail facilities, 10 MK and 13 TMK.

"It turns out that compliance is higher from distributors than retailers. Most of the retailers do not comply with the regulations because they sell expired and damaged products," said Yoseph.

He said, from the total TMK during Naruto, 125 items were found that were damaged, 12 items expired and none were available without a distribution permit.

"The total economic value of the findings from the intensification results ahead of Christmas 2021 and the new year is 1,442, amounting to Rp2,043,500," explained Yoseph.