Constraints To Check Hazardous Materials In The Terational Field, Semarang DKP Will Operate Laboratory Cars

Illustration. Research at the LIPI research center laboratory in Bogor Regency, West Java. (Between)

The Semarang City Food Security Service (DKP) will soon have a laboratory car to optimize food surveillance programs in various locations, from traditional markets to schools.

"So far, we have carried out this surveillance activity manually by moving 2-3 times a week in schools and traditional markets," said Head of the Semarang City DKP Bambang Pramusinto in Semarang, Central Java (Central Java), Friday, February 3, as reported by Antara.

With manual steps, he continued, of course, it makes supervision limited, especially when it requires laboratory equipment to check the content of hazardous materials, such as bolax, formalin, and rhodamin B.

"This year, the Department of Food Security for the procurement of mobile cars (laboratory cars) to maximize supervision. So, special cars prepared with various required laboratory equipment," he said, were confiscated by Antara.

He said the allocated budget was around Rp. 1 billion for the procurement of laboratory cars along with the necessary and operational equipment.

Bambang hopes that the existence of the laboratory car can maximize surveillance measures because mobility is faster and more practical, considering that surveillance locations are scattered in Semarang City.

"If there is a laboratory car, it can move faster at any time, move from one object to another, one school to another, so that food supervision in these places is relatively good," he said.

According to him, with the presence of a laboratory car, it can carry out surveillance in five to seven locations a day, and the location can be expanded to culinary centers.

From the results of food supervision, Bambang admitted that so far many food findings contained dangerous ingredients, and most were textile formalins and dyes in elementary schools.

"As soon as there are findings, we educate first, because these traders also don't know, they are also prosecuted. Alhamdulillah, this education is quite effective. Therefore, we optimize our supervision by carab," he said.

The plan, said Bambang, is that the Semarang City DKP laboratory car will be launched in conjunction with the commemoration of Semarang City's Birthday on May 2.