Examination shows 30% packed food harmful in Indonesia

www.chinaview.cn , 2009-03-14 22:28:26            

JAKARTA, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Indah Sukmaningsih, Executive manager of the Indonesian Consumers Institute Foundation (YLKI), said that some 30 percent of packed food on the free market in Indonesia contained hazardous substances detrimental to health, the national Antara news agency reported on Saturday. 

She said that the institute launched an intensive examination on 28 different types of food along with experts of the University of Indonesia (UI) recently, and the result shows that 10 were contained with hazardous substances like melamine and others. 

This bad condition did not include expired food products, which missed the attention of the government and other relevant authorities, she added. 

She also criticized some government institutions for not been working most effectively and mostly examined only food that had already been cleaned and washed thoroughly. 

She said that the government trading authorities which were supposed to serve as a filter of the hazardous foodstuff, failed to properly examine and control such foodstuffs, and were more concerned with issuing various regulations only. 

Editor: Yan