The Minister Of Trade And The Food Task Force Seal The Oilita Distributor Factory In Karawang

Minister of Trade Budi Santoso (photo: Mery Handayani/VOi)

KARAWANG - The Ministry of Trade (Kemendag) together with the Food Task Force (Food Task Force) sealed the factory PT Artha Eka Global Asia (AEGA) in Karawang, West Java. The factory was sealed for violating the regulations for the distribution of the contents of people's cooking oil, Oilita.

In the distribution of Oilita, PT AEGA is a repacker or repacker and is registered as a level 1 distributor or D1.

The Minister of Trade (Mendag) Budi Santoso said the company was no longer able to run its business. Furthermore, he said, his business license will be revoked.

"So we have sealed this company and can't try anymore, later we will revoke the permit. But now we can't put forward the business," Budi said in an exposure to the findings of the Oilita factory in Karawang, West Java, Thursday, March 13.

Based on the results of the exposure, 140 boxes of Oilita were found, both of which contained 12 bottles of oil. At that location, 32,284 bottles were found that had not been filled.

"These (bottles) are planned to be filled (fried oil), but in the end we can fail the production process," he said.

Budi explained that the Oilita bottle bottle found at the factory owned by PT AEGA did not comply with the rules of the Oilita volume. Where when tested using the volumetric method or measuring the volume of oil obtained is only about 800 ml.

"This is in a written package of 1 liter, but not up to 1 liter," he said.

In addition to cheating on the volume of Oilita, continued Budi, PT AEGA also violated another rule, namely selling non-domestic market obligation (DMO) cooking oil as Oilita.

Furthermore, Budi said that Oilita should be cooking oil from DMO from companies that want to export crude palm oil (CPO).

"Our oil produced by PT AEGA is non-DMO oil. This is non-DMO, so it could be that he took from commercial oil to produce oil with a size of not 1 liter," he said.

Budi also suspects that PT AEGA wants to produce more oil from the DMO that has been converted. So the company claims other cooking oil as Oilita so that it can reap more profits.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Food Task Force Helfi Assegaf explained that the perpetrator who cheated on the volume of the Oilita not according to the amount could be subject to imprisonment and a fine of Rp. 2 billion.

"Then it should be noted that we take firm action that we snare, concerned with Article 62 in conjunction with Article 8, 9, 10 of Law Number 8 of 1999 concerning Consumer Protection. The penalty is 5 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 2 billion," said Helfi.