Find Bansos Rice With Fleas, La Nyalla: Weird, Product Inspection Doesn't Work

Chairman of the DPD La Nyalla Mahmud Mattalitti/ANTARA

JAKARTA - Chairman of the DPD La Nyalla Mahmud Mattalitti, asked parties involved in the distribution of social assistance (bansos) to be more thorough in conducting supervision and quality checks before distributing rice to the public.

The reason is, it was found that the social assistance rice was infested when the Deputy Governor of East Java, Emil Dardak, did an inspection in Bangkalan Regency, Madura. The rice is a social assistance from the Ministry of Social Affairs in a five kilogram package.

La Nyalla also asked the community to return the social assistance rice received if it was found to have fleas and yellow in color.

“Just return it if the social assistance rice received is not suitable for consumption. Immediately ask for a replacement with a better quality. I think the Ministry of Social Affairs and Bulog will respond well to it,” said La Nyalla, Thursday, August 5.

The East Java legislator also urged the Ministry of Social Affairs to take responsibility. Because not only in Madura, rice louse is also found in Jembrana Regency, Bali. Where, tens of kilograms of social assistance rice during the Implementation of Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) from the Indonesian Ministry of Social Affairs has turned yellow.

“The distribution of Bansos rice with bugs has happened many times. I find it strange, why is it still repeated and not learning from previous events. This means that the product inspection and quality control are not running, “said La Nyalla.

La Nyalla admitted that he had reminded the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Logistics Agency (Bulog) regarding the quality of rice since the initial provision of social assistance was announced. He asked that the examination of the social assistance rice to be distributed could be more thorough.

"That's why I said that there needs to be a monitoring and evaluation team. In addition to maintaining the quality of rice, it also evaluates the distribution process and solves problems in the field," he said.

The former chairman of PSSI assessed that there is a possibility of similar cases occurring in other areas. Therefore, the regional government and Bulog in the region need to re-check rice stocks in their respective warehouses.

“Not all social assistance from the government is of bad quality, but the point I want to convey is the importance of regular quality control. Usually the quality of rice also depends on storage in the warehouse. This is Bulog's domain to pay attention to the existing rice stock,” explained La Nyalla.