Hasn't Formed A Task Force, This Is How The DKI Provincial Government Prevents FMD For Livestock

JAKARTA - Until now, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has not formed a task force (satgas) or task force to monitor and examine mouth and nail disease (PMK) in livestock.

However, Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta, Ahmad Riza Patria, said that his staff was making sure that all livestock entering Jakarta were inspected.

"The Health Service and the KPKP Service regulate how we ensure that products enter Jakarta. I have also convened Dharma Jaya BUMD, I was told how many months in advance," said Riza at DKI Jakarta City Hall, Wednesday, June 8.

"When the information is available, we ensure that all meat products, especially beef, go through a process," he continued.

In the midst of the outbreak of the PMK outbreak, the Ministry of Agriculture established a Task Force for Handling Foot and Mouth Disease through the Decree of the Minister of Agriculture Number 405 / KPTS / OT.050/M/05/2022.

This task force functions to mitigate risks to animal health and the environment as well as their impact on economic, social and cultural aspects caused by FMD outbreaks.

In Jakarta, the Head of the DKI Jakarta Food, Maritime, and Agriculture Security Agency (DKPKP), Suharini Eliawati, said that her party had optimized the health checks for livestock sent from outside the region to the capital city for 14 days to anticipate the spread of PMK.

"For 14 days, we check the clinical, if 14 days it is safe, the cattle are free from PMK," said Suharini.

According to him, DKI DKPKP together with the veterinary team conduct daily inspections of livestock that have just entered Jakarta because the incubation period for PMK is estimated to be in the range of 14 days.

He asked the quarantine place for livestock to separate newly arrived animals from other animals to prevent FMD transmission.

The optimization of the inspection of livestock, he continued, is carried out to ensure the availability of healthy and safe meat in Jakarta ahead of Eid al-Adha, even though FMD is not transmitted from animals to humans.

There are also characteristics of livestock infected with FMD, he said, a lot of mucus from livestock, high body temperature, blisters on the lips and wounds on the legs that cause paralysis in livestock.

"DKI is not a producing area, we have to ensure that the demand for meat is safe and in stock," he said.