250 Kilograms Of Eggs From Surabaya Detained By Timika Agricultural Quarantine Because They Are Not Equipped With Documents

Timika Agricultural Quarantine Office Officers in Mimika Regency, Central Papua Province took action against 250 kilograms of eggs at Poumako Sea Port/DOK ANTARA

TIMIKA - Timika Agricultural Quarantine Office, Mimika Regency, Central Papua Province detained 250 kilograms of eggs from Surabaya, East Java Province, because they were not equipped with documents from their area of origin. Head of the Timika Agricultural Quarantine Office, Ferdi, said that his party took action to detain eggs without documents through the Poumako Sea Port today. "The 250 eggs detained without documents include 50 kilograms of chicken eggs, 50 kilograms of duck eggs and 150 kilograms ofgal eggs," he said in a written statement received by ANTARA in Timika, Thursday, November 30. According to Ferdi, the detention of 250 eggs is in accordance with Law (UU) Number 21 of 2019 concerning quarantine of animals, fish and plants. "Referring to Law 21/2019 concerning the quarantine of animals, fish, and plants, there will be detention measures if the documents are incomplete from the area of origin," he said. He explained that this detention was carried out with the aim of preventing the spread of the Quarantine Animal Disease Pest (HPHK). " Service users will be given the opportunity to complete the quarantine requirement document for a maximum of three days, if it exceeds the time limit, it will be returned to their area of origin or destroyed," he said again.

He added that this detention was a manifestation of the strict success of supervision carried out by quarantine officers at the entrance and exit. "We will take firm action against service users who enter the media for plants, fish and animals without complete documents," he said again.