Many Naughty Traders Use Hazardous Preservatives, Surabaya City Government Urged To Immediately Provide Solutions

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SURABAYA - Commission D for Welfare of the DPRD of Surabaya City, East Java, asked the local city government to provide education to traders regarding food safety or food that does not contain harmful preservatives. He regretted the existence of naughty traders by using dangerous preservatives in their sales when breaking the fast for Ramadan in Surabaya. "Even though it endangers the health of the people who consume the food," he said, quoted by Antara. BPOM) Surabaya, which said that as much as 30 percent of the food sold around the Al Akbar Mosque in Surabaya bears a dangerous preservative, namely borax. Foods such as puli clover crackers, es cao, kikil and lontong. Based on BPOM's findings, Khusnul asked the public to be careful when buying food and drinks for breaking the fast. This case, he continued, did not rule out the possibility that it would also occur in other places, not only at the Al Akbar Mosque in Surabaya. healthy food is getting better. People are very selective in choosing healthy and harmless foods," he said. According to him, with the emergence of this case, his party asked the Surabaya Health Office (Dinkes) together with Great Surabaya Cadres, to immediately conduct education, approach persuasively and provide assistance to traders.

"What traders are doing is actually harming themselves. That's why education is very important. This case is also not in line with the efforts of the Surabaya City Government which wants to carry out economic recovery for MSME actors," he said. He also asked that this food test not only be carried out in Al Akbar Mosque, but also elsewhere equally. Because similar incidents certainly don't just happen in one area, it could also be in other areas. There are also many MSMEs that sell food and drinks. This test is important, because we want to make sure the food sold is healthy," he said. (Bapemperda) Surabaya DPRD to make a draft regional regulation on food protection initiatives. The Surabaya City Government, BPOM and the police previously toured a number of markets to monitor food availability, food prices and fresh food safety. The intensive supervision carried out by the team during the month of Ramadan has started since April 11, 2022 and will continue until April 28, 2022. Head of the Surabaya City Food and Agriculture Security Service (DKPP), Antiek Sugiharti said, this activity aims to monitor or check the availability of food. , food prices and food safety, both in traditional and modern markets during the month of Ramadan and ahead of Eid al-Fitr. complete and in accordance with their respective duties and responsibilities," said Antiek.