Regent Anne Ratna Mustika: Cooking Oil Stock In Purwakarta Is Still A Lot

Purwakarta Regent Anne Ratna Mustika. (AMONG)

PURWAKARTA - The Regent of Purwakarta, West Java, Anne Ratna Mustika ensured that cooking oil stocks were still plentiful and safe to meet the needs of the local community.

"For the time being, according to data from the Department of Cooperatives, SMEs, Industry, Trade, there is still a lot of cooking oil in the Purwakarta area," said the Regent on the sidelines of a virtual coordination meeting with the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Panjaitan in Purwakarta, Antara, Tuesday, 24 May.

He gave an example, the stock of packaged cooking oil in all warehouses of distributors, agents, retailers, supermarkets, minimarkets, and traditional markets, and stalls reached 912.95 tons or almost 1000 tons. Then bulk oil stock is 19.95 tons.

"Our need is only 2.11 tons per day. So actually it's enough, but the problem is that the price in the market is still high," said the Regent.

Regarding the steps to reduce cooking oil prices, the Regent said that his party would check the distribution flow.

"We hope that the distribution of cooking oil can be controlled and the public can get cooking oil according to the retail price that has been regulated by the government," said Anne.

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Panjaitan in his directive said the domestic cooking oil stock was more than sufficient. So there is no reason for the price of cooking oil to rise, or more than Rp. 14 thousand per liter.

"Supervision of distribution must continue to be carried out by the Food Task Force and the Chief of Police and their staff. We also ask the regional government and related agencies to work together with the police to jointly monitor the price of cooking oil in the field," he said.