JAYAPURA - The Indonesian Quarantine Agency (Barantin) through the Papua Animal, Fish, and Plant Quarantine Center has destroyed food commodities that are not fit for consumption.
The commodities that were destroyed consisted of 4.09 tons of fresh fruit and 100 kg of enoki mushrooms from Surabaya, East Java, which were damaged when they arrived at the destination port.
"The damage to the commodities was because the refrigerated containers were damaged during the journey," said Acting Head of Papua Quarantine, Krisna Dwiharniati, in Jayapura, Antara, Thursday, April 23.
he said, the findings began with surveillance by quarantine officers at the Jayapura Sea Port Service Unit against the container transported by the KM Luzon.
During the inspection, 4.09 tons of fresh fruit were found, consisting of 1.355 tons of grapes, 510 kg of apples, 900 kg of oranges, 550 kg of sweet potatoes, 777 kg of pears, and 100 kg of mushrooms in a damaged condition.
"The destruction was carried out to anticipate food contamination, so that all of them were destroyed by burying them in the ground," said Krisna.
According to him, the destruction action is an implementation of Law Number 21 of 2019 concerning Animal, Fish, and Plant Quarantine (KHIT). Based on Article 48 of Law Number 21/2019, it is mandatory to carry out destruction if after the carrier media is unloaded from the transport device and an inspection is carried out, it turns out to be rotten or damaged.
"There is no compromise for commodities that have the potential to endanger the health of the Papuan people, because the principle of implementing quarantine is to ensure protection of natural resources, the environment, and human health," said Krisna. Until April, Papua Quarantine has carried out four times of destruction.
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