10.8 Tons Of Illegal Chicken Ceker From Tangerang Confiscated At Bakauheni Port Lampung

JAKARTA - The Lampung Animal, Fish and Plant Quarantine Center (Karantina) thwarted an attempt to smuggle 10.8 tons of chicken sensors without official documents into Lampung Province.

"The total cargo of chicken sensors that were secured reached 10.8 tons," said Head of the Lampung Quarantine Center Donni Muksydayan, in a statement in Bandarlampung, Wednesday, confiscated by Antara.

He explained that the product was found in two different vehicles during the ship unloading process at Bakauheni Port, South Lampung Regency on Tuesday, September 9 evening and Wednesday, September 10 in the morning.

"This is the result of a monitoring collaboration between the Lampung Quarantine and the Banten Quarantine, in order to tighten supervision of commodity traffic that has the potential to carry animal diseases on strategic routes across Java and Sumatra," he said.

He said that the chicken ceker was successfully secured when officers received information that there was a plan for illegal traffic in the income of animal products to Lampung Province.

"From this information, our officers immediately tightened supervision. Then on standby during the process of unloading the ship from Merak Port on Tuesday, September 9. The results of the officer's examination revealed that there were 7.5 tons of chicken ceker loading, originating from Tangerang, Banten, and aimed at Metro City, Lampung," he said.

Then, he continued, in the early hours of Wednesday, officers again found another transport vehicle in the form of a pickup truck carrying 3.3 tons of chicken peker. This commodity also comes from Tangerang and is planned to be sent to Palembang, South Sumatra.

"The two deliveries were not reported to quarantine officers, not equipped with mandatory documents, namely a Certificate of Sanitation of Animal Products from the area of origin and not transported using vehicles that meet sanitation standards and without cooling facilities," he said.

He emphasized that for the violation, Lampung Quarantine officers detained all cargoes, as well as examined the drivers of each vehicle for deepening information.

"This detention is carried out based on the provisions of Law Number 21 of 2019 concerning Animal, Fish, and Plant Quarantine. Article 35 states that every carrier medium must be reported and accompanied by quarantine documents at the time of income to an area," he said.

The violation of these provisions, he continued, could be subject to criminal sanctions, as stated in Article 88, namely imprisonment for a maximum of two years and/or a maximum fine of IDR 2 billion.

"This action is a form of the government's commitment to maintaining food security, public health, and preventing the entry of dangerous animal diseases into the Sumatra region," he said.

Donni also emphasized that consumer protection is a major concern in every step of supervision. Food products from animals circulating in the community must have clear origins, be free from disease, and safe for consumption.

"This step is not just an administrative matter, but part of our responsibility to protect the public as consumers," he said.