Bogor City, Indonesia conducts safety visits and sampling inspections of meat products

According to the news on the website of the Food, Drug and Cosmetics Research Institute of the Indonesian Islamic Ulama Committee (LPPOM MUI) on May 1, 2022, in order to monitor the circulation of wild boar in the market , the Bogor Municipal Government jointly inspected the team and the Ministry of Agriculture .
Animal Products Quality Inspection and Certification Agency (BPMSPH) and LPPOM MUI conduct inspections for traditional markets and supermarkets .


The joint inspection team visited Indonesia's large supermarkets Hypermart and Transmart, as well as traditional markets Pasar Bogor, Pasar Anyar and Pasar Warung Jambu, and mainly inspected food safety aspects such as formalin and microbial content of meat products, while LPPOM MUI mainly Check whether meat products comply with halal management requirements
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It is reported that a joint inspection in 2017 found that unscrupulous traders mixed wild boar with beef for adulteration and sales
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No meat products containing wild boar were detected in this inspection
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Anizar, Head of the Livestock Division of the Directorate of Food and Agricultural Security (DKPP) in Bogor City, hopes that such joint inspections will continue and that the authorities will continue to strengthen the management of the illegal sale and misuse of wild boar, especially during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr During this period, the intensity of activities should be strengthened
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