BPOM Securs 76,420 Latiao From 33 Tokos Following Up On Toxic Cases

BPOM East Java is investigating dangerous food products from China Latiao at a snack wholesale shop, Kediri City, East Java, Monday (4/11/2024). BETWEEN PHOTOS/Prasetia Fauzani/rwa.

JAKARTA - The Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) secured 76,420 latiaos and destroyed 49 due to expiration or no distribution permit, following the case of the Extraordinary Food Toxic Event (KLBKP) in seven regions.

Head of BPOM Taruna Ikrar said his party had checked 341 facilities, consisting of 214 retailers or shops, 27 distributors, 100 canteens and stalls in the school area. A total of 33 of these facilities were found selling latiao as many as 77,219 and 750 have been sampled.

The cadets said the swift action was taken to prevent more people from being poisoned and and not to grow more microorganisms in the food. In their laboratory test, he continued, the Baculus Cereus bacteria were found.

"But maybe because of the high risk, other bacteria appear. Maybe salmonella, maybe fungi or fungi. And this can have an impact on the nervous system, it can have an impact on our metabolic system called the hepatitis system failure," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, November 4.

He explained that packaged foods are divided into two categories, namely those at high risk and low risk. Low risk of packaged food, he said, for example, household industrial foods that are sensitive to a number of things, such as time that can rot in 1-2 days and temperature.

Meanwhile, food with high risk packaging, for example, is packaged and then exported. He mentioned that at first Latiao was considered a low-risk packaged food, but it turned out that latiao was a high-risk packaged food, so that precautions were taken.

He also reminded the public not to consume the packaged food.

Previously, BPOM received reports of poisoning due to latiao, processed food from China, from seven regions, namely Lampung, Sukabumi, Wonosobo, South Tangerang, West Bandung, and Pamekasan.

Of the 73 registered latiao products and four were proven to contain bacteria.

The steps taken by BPOM are in coordination with the Ministry of Communication and Digital to stop online latiao sales and attract and destroy products that cause KLBKP.