WL! Bulog Ensures Imported Buffalo Meat From India Is Free From Outbreaks Of Nail And Mouth Disease

Bulog President Director Budi Waseso when giving information about imported Indian buffalo that is free from the FMD outbreak. (Photo: VOI/Mary Handayani)

JAKARTA - Perum BULOG ensures that buffalo meat imported from India is free from the Mouth and Nail Disease (FMD) outbreak. Because, imported meat has standardization. As is known, the FMD outbreak is currently infecting a number of livestock in East Java.

Bulog's President Director, Budi Waseso or Buwas, emphasized that imported buffalo meat goes through strict laboratory inspections, before being sold in the domestic market. Inspections are carried out to ensure the quality of the meat.

"PMK has nothing to do with imported buffalo meat. Because once the meat arrives in Indonesia, it cannot be sold immediately because there is a laboratory examination, so it is suitable for consumption and then circulated," he said at a press conference at the BULOG Headquarters, Tuesday, May 10.

The current FMD outbreak in livestock has the potential to have a serious impact on the national livestock industry. However, Biwas is optimistic that the government will soon resolve it.

For your information, an outbreak of Mouth and Nail Disease (FMD) in livestock occurred in East Java. As a prevention effort, ID FOOD Food Holding also carries out supervision and control to provide protection to livestock on farms managed by the ID FOOD group to be safe and free from outbreaks.

The President Director of ID FOOD Food Holding, Frans Marganda Tambunan, said that ID FOOD food holding also continues to supervise and monitor and disseminate prevention to all ID FOOD Group partners, including the Traders Association and Breeder Partners.

Through his subsidiary in the livestock sector, Frans detailed that Food Holding ID FOOD had made efforts to prevent this FMD from an early age. Among other things, by not importing livestock in areas that are suspected of being affected by FMD, taking quarantine or isolation measures for cattle that have just arrived or moved from other cage locations.

Then, using strict biosecurity procedures in the livestock area managed by PT Berdikari Holding subsidiary, member of ID FOOD, seeking vaccines against cattle and sheep and other prevention efforts.

"This prevention effort is the food holding's support for the government in deciding the spread of FMD in livestock," he said in a written statement received by VOI, quoted Monday, 9 May.

Frans also ensures that the cattle farms managed by ID FOOD Group are safe and free from outbreaks. "Based on market operations and our coordination with the Traders' Association and partners, beef stock is available," he said.