Kemenkop Together With BPOM Agree To Accelerate Fish Milk Distribution Permits

Menkop UKM Teten Masduki and the Head of BPOM Taruna Ikrar. (Photo: Theresia Agatha/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs (Kemenkop UKM) together with the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) agreed to speed up the distribution permit for fish milk.

This was agreed upon in a meeting at the office of the Kemenkop UKM, Jakarta, today.

"Susu yang dibuat dari hydrolisat protein fish itu potensi besar besar. Jadi ini seharusnya menjadi potensi ekonomi kami untuk mensubstitut impor ikri karena sekarang 80 persen suku dalam negeri masih impor. Ini tadi kami bicara bagaimana izin edarnya dipermudah," kata Teten di kantornya, Jumat, 20 September.

On the same occasion, the Head of BPOM Taruna Ikrar said, if fish milk is safe, of good quality and according to standards, later BPOM will not complicate the issuance of distribution permits.

Moreover, he said, fish milk has high protein.

"I think if we meet the requirements, there will be no issues. I don't think we need to widen the discussion, we just give it (distribution permit). I don't think there will be any problems from BPOM. But, later the procedure will certainly follow according to standards," he said.

According to the cadets, the problem of utilizing fish milk for greater interests will later become the authority of the ministry or the institution that uses it.

"So I think this is part of innovative medicine or food. We don't fortune new things. So, BPOM's commitment is something that is innovative and beneficial for many people and is guaranteed to be safe, so the POM will speed up the process," he added.

Fish milk is a unique protein drink made from fish meat.

This fish milk is not produced from dairyd fish, but through a series of sophisticated processes that turn fish meat into high nutritious drinks.

PT Give Bahari Indonesia, located in Kandanghaur District, Indramayu, West Java, is a pioneer in producing fish milk which is now widely known in the market.