BPOM Batam Find Formalin Content In Asin Fish And White Cap While Sidak In Market

Batam BPOM officers during an inspection at one of the pasr in Batam. (ANTARA)

The Batam City Food and Drug Supervisory Center (BPOM) found the content of preservatives or formaldehyde in salted fish and big white fish. Head of BPOM Batam Lintang Purba said the formaldehyde was found from the results of an inspection conducted together with the Batam City Fisheries Service and the Batam Quality and Security Control Fish Quarantine Center (BKIPM), last Wednesday. "For the results we have submitted to the Batam City Fisheries Service, we did find that there is one product of 52 ineligible samples, namely containing formaldehyde," said Lintang when contacted in Batam, Riau Islands, Antara, Thursday, February 16. From these findings, his party has submitted it to the Batam City Fisheries Service for follow-up. "Because this is the result of sales supervised by local governments, we have also conveyed this to local governments and it depends on them to stop their circulation again," said Lintang Purba. As for the big white fish, his party together with the Fisheries Quarantine are conducting a search for sources from the formalin. " “ We are still focused on it, because don't let it widen," he said. Separately, the Head of the Batam City Fisheries Service, Ridwan Afandi, explained that the inspection was carried out in 14 market locations spread across Batam City. This inspection was carried out based on community reports regarding the findings of fish suspected of containing hazardous materials. "We visited all existing markets in Batam and we took samples. Some were examined by BPOM and some were examined by BKIPM," he said. For now, he said, his party is still coordinating with BPOM and BKIPM for further results from the findings.