Gandeng Brimob, KKP Perketat Pengawasan Produk Perikanan biar Bebas Radioaktif

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) has tightened supervision of fish quality in Indonesia.

As stakeholders and policies for the marine and fisheries sector and competent authority (CA), KKP collaborates with the National Police's Brimob to ensure that national fishery products are free from contamination by radioactive substances.

The strategic step was marked by the signing of a Cooperation Agreement (PKS) between the Agency for the Control and Supervision of Marine and Fishery Product Quality (Badan Mutu KKP) and the National Police's Brimob Corps at the Brimob Force Command Headquarters, Kelapa Dua, Depok, Thursday, April 23.

Head of the KKP Quality Agency Ishartini said that the synergy involved a special unit from Brimob, namely the Gegana Force.

Gegana personnel have special expertise in scanning and detecting radionuclides will be deployed to support the KKP's tasks.

"One of them is that we cooperate with the National Police's Brimob, which oversees the Gegana Force unit with expertise in scanning and detecting radionuclides to support the KKP Quality Agency," said Ishartini as quoted from a written statement, Monday, April 27.

Ishartini explained that the PKS between Brimob and the KKP Quality Agency was very strategic because it supported the radioactive-free certification scheme for fishery products to maintain the health of the Indonesian people and also guarantee the acceptance of Indonesian fishery products that are exported to 147 countries.

"The PKS that I signed has a scope that is indeed implemented to support the KKP's task, namely the utilization of human resources and sarpras to implement the certification scheme for radioactive-free fishery products, radioactive contamination control, data exchange, and capacity building," he explained.

He underlined that the cross-sectoral synergy that he had carried out with the ranks at the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries had also succeeded in convincing the international community that Indonesian fishery products were safe from radioactive contamination.

One of the indications is the resumption of Indonesian shrimp exports to the United States (US).

Since the first time the radioactive-free certification was launched on October 31, 2025 to April 20, 2026, Indonesia has sent 3,202 containers of shrimp worth more than Rp8 trillion.

Of the total, as many as 2,462 shrimp containers have entered the US market.