Bulog Curhat Boss Ever Received Rice Rapidly Damaged Due To Incomplete Harvest Results

JAKARTA - President Director of Perum Bulog Ahmad Rizal Ramdhani shared his experience of receiving rice quickly damaged because the harvest was not perfect.

This was conveyed when explaining the standard procedures for leaving rice at the DKI Jakarta & Banten Bulog Rice Warehouse, Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta, Saturday, September 6.

He explained that Bulog applied the First In First Out (FIFO) method, where the incoming rice would be issued first. However, Rizal emphasized, the condition of the quality of rice is also an important consideration.

"Sometimes there is new rice, this also accelerates damage," he said.

According to Rizal, the characteristics of rice that is quickly damaged are usually characterized by changing color to yellow. He suspects that this happened because the harvest process was not perfect.

"Maybe at that time the harvest was not perfect, it wasn't dry, it was still wet going into the dryer, it was milled into rice. It turned out that when we arrived at our warehouse, suddenly the color was yellow fast," he said.

If you encounter such a case, Bulog applies a priority scale to remove rice stocks from the warehouse.

"We also use the principle of priority scale, where priority is issued first, faced with real conditions in the field," explained Rizal.

Rizal emphasized that unsuitable rice was not immediately thrown away, but after a series of strict SOPs it was reused for the needs of other industries such as feed.

"We use it as rice for feed needs. So it is not thrown away, it is not disposal," said Rizal.

"We use it as much as possible, as effective as possible, it can be useful. So it is impossible for us to immediately refer, immediately postulate it," he continued.

Meanwhile, Bulog has distributed more than 327,000 tons of SPHP rice out of a total assignment of 1.5 million tons. Rice distribution is carried out massively through various routes.