DKI DPRD Calls BUMD Food Station Premium Rice Not Fulfilling Quality Standards

JAKARTA - Member of Commission C of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Andyka, said that the premium rice sold by PT Food Station Tjipinang Jaya BUMD has not met premium quality standards.

This was revealed by Andyka after receiving a report on the premium rice lab test. The results of 34 lab tests stated that the rice circulating in the market did not meet the appropriate standard quality.

"Some partners who want to partner with predetermined requirements no one has passed. We as a partner for BUMD received reports that 34 times they had tested, but none of them passed the quality testing," Andyka said at the DKI DPRD building, Monday, May 6.

Andyka regrets the lack of Food Station control on the quality of rice sold to the public. He chose to ask the BUMD in the food sector to be able to improve and sell products with the best quality according to the standards set.

Food Station, according to him, needs to tighten control of the fulfillment of rice standards before they are circulated in the market. So that the quality of rice received by the premium quality community.

"We ask that the professionalism should be returned not like yesterday, because the personal proximity factor is then the one who is partnered as a partner, finally we can see that the quality of the rice also does not meet the standard," said Andyka.

This member of the Gerindra faction of the DKI DPRD believes that if PT Food Station Tjipinang Jaya is able to meet the quality of rice with premium quality standards, it is not impossible for other cities to look at and offer cooperation.

"We hope that with improvements, changes, the Food Station will be better, better, and can compete with other BUMDs. We even hope that the Food Station will be able to prepare rice not only in Jakarta but also nationally," he said.

For information, the number of rice stocks from early April to early May continues to increase. This coincides with the harvest season which has occurred since March until now.

As of May 2, 2024, the number of rice stocks in the Cipinang Rice Main Market (PIBC) reached 46,634 tons. This amount is higher than the minimum number of safe stocks that must be controlled by PIBC, which is 30,000 tons.