Coordinating Minister For Human Development And Culture Ensures Preparation For Dam Meat Delivery Permits To RI

Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir (Photo: Antara)

Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (Menko PMK) Muhadjir Effendy ensured that the permit for sending Dam meat from Hajj officers and part of the pilgrims to Indonesia was ready.

"For licensing in Indonesia, Alhamdulillah, I would like to thank the relevant ministries, starting from the Ministry of Agriculture, then also the BPOM, the Directorate General of Immigration is all ready," said Muhadjir quoting Antara.

This statement was made by the Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture after visiting meat packaging companies in the Makkah area, Saudi Arabia.

This year is the second year, some of the meat and the Indonesian pilgrims were sent to Indonesia. According to the Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture, this is a breakthrough that needs to be followed up and socialized in the future.

"This year we haven't sent it on a large scale, because it's still in the trial process," he said.

Muhadjir revealed that his party together with related policy makers had checked the readiness of sacrificial meat to be sent to Indonesia.

"The BPOM is also here to ensure that the process starts from slaughtering, including the procurement of goats until then it becomes cooked meat that is ready to be sent to Indonesia, it has been ensured to be safe according to standards," he said.

Every packing process is also a concern of the government, to ensure that meat sent to the country is suitable for consumption.

"Everything is certain that various diseases and bacteria including PMK (mouth and leg diseases) really die, so we ensure that carrying the meat in a safe condition to Indonesia," he said.

In addition to visiting meat packaging sites, the Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture and his entourage also visited the Ukaisyiyah Slaughterhouse (RPH) in Makkah. At this location, the Coordinating Minister saw the slaughtering procession carried out.

On this occasion, Muhadjir also saw opportunities for delivery of pembelih personnel from Indonesia. Based on the information from the RPH manager, in the Hajj season they employ 5,000 slaughterers.

"Earlier we talked, from the harbormaster (RPH manager) we wanted a slaughterer from Indonesia. He wants 1,500 slaughterers for next year, the Ambassador will follow up," he said.

Meanwhile, Director of Bina Haji Arsad Hidayat said this year there were only around 6,500 officers and hajj participants who distributed their dams to the RPH recommended by the government.

Furthermore, as many as 4,500 goats were slaughtered and distributed meat in the holy land, while the other 2,000 meats would be distributed to the country.

"Of the two thousand goats, they will then be packaged by retorch. One goat is beat to four packs. So a total of eight thousand packs of meat will be sent to Indonesia. Each of them contains 2.5 kg of meat," he said.