JAKARTA - Mixed rice has become a hot topic of conversation lately, after the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) revealed allegations of fraudulent practices in the distribution and sale of branded rice.
Then, how do you distinguish rice mixed from rice that is not mixed?
Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman revealed how to distinguish rice mixed and those that do not meet standards. According to him, people can see faults in rice from packaging.
Amran explained that premium rice has a much lower level of fracture than other rice quality. In the applicable regulations, the mixed rate of fractures for premium rice is a maximum of 15 percent.
"So the broken, the second looks intact, the water level is very small, 14 percent. The broken is very small," he said when met at the Coordinating Ministry for Food, Central Jakarta, Thursday, July 17.
Similarly, Head of the National Food Agency Arief Prasetyo Adi explained how to physically distinguish medium and premium rice can be done by looking at the broken level in the packaging.
"How to see the physical. So the way to see it, if there are many faults, it's visual. A lot of broken rice, almost so it's medium, 25 percent broken, broken rice. If that's a lot of whole rice, that's premium. If you want the details, use a lab," said Arief.
In addition, said Arief, it can also be distinguished by looking at the selling price. If the price of rice is set at between Rp. 14,000 to Rp. 16,000 per kg, it is usually premium rice. Meanwhile, the price of medium quality rice is Rp. 12,000 per kg.
"When you play at the rice shop, look at it. If the price is close to Rp. 14,000 to Rp. 15,000, Rp. 16,000, that's usually premium. If the figure is close to Rp. 12,000. If he likes to use 50 percent (sales), it's divided into two, meaning Rp. 6,000, now that's medium," he said.
For your information, the government has actually regulated the quality provisions of premium and medium rice through the Regulation of the National Food Agency of the Republic of Indonesia Number 2 of 2023 concerning Quality and Rice Label Requirements.
In the regulation, premium rice consists of a minimum level of 95 percent, a maximum water level of 14 percent, a maximum of 0.5 percent of menir, a maximum of 15 percent of broken grains, a maximum of 1 percent of other rice grains, and 0 percent of grains of grain.
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Meanwhile, for medium quality rice, the level of the figure is at least 95 percent, the water level is a maximum of 14 percent, the menir grain is a maximum of 2 percent, the broken grain is a maximum of 25 percent, and the total other rice grains is a maximum of 4 percent, and grains are 1 percent grain.
Meanwhile, submedium quality rice, at least 95 percent of the figure, a maximum water level of 14 percent, a maximum of 4 percent of menir, a maximum of 40 percent of broken grains, and a maximum of 5 percent of other rice grains, 2 percent of grains of grain, and 0.05 percent of other objects.
Then for medium rice breaking, the level of the figure is at least 95 percent, the water level is a maximum of 14 percent, the menir grain is a maximum of 5 percent, the broken grain is a maximum of 40 percent, and the total other rice grains are a maximum of 5 percent grains of 3 percent grain and other objects are 0.05 percent.
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