G/SPS/N/IDN/137  
 
15 December 2020  
(20-9083) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  INDONESIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Agency of Agriculture Quarantine, Ministry of Agriculture and 
Bureau for Cooperation Food and Drug Authority (FDA)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Processed food 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Regulation of FDA RI No . 8 Year 2018 on Maximum 
Limit of Microbial Contamination . Language(s):  Indonesia n. Number of pages:  57 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/IDN/19_7043_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The maximum level requirement of microbiological and 
chemical contaminant in food are regulated in the Regulation of the Chairperson of FDA 
No. … Year 2019 on Microbiological Criteria in Food . Due to some regulation development 
from other  countries regarding the maximum microbiological contaminant requirement , 
and that certain requirement s from the regulation are not applicable, FDA has already 
finished amend ing the requirement of microbiological contaminant in Annex 1 of the 
regulat ion and will revoke this Annex 1 and replace  it with the Regulation of FDA RI on 
Maximum Limit of Microbial Contamination.  
This draft regulates and specifies the microbiological criteria:  
1. The type of food;  
2. The type of microorganism (s) and the microbiological limit s (m, M); and  
3. How to control it by guiding the sampling plan to the laborator y test defining the 
number of sample units to be taken (n), the size of analytical unit and where 
appropriate, and the acceptance nu mber (c). 
As th is new regu lation is issued, therefore the  previous  regulation regarding the 
requirement of microbiological contaminant and microbiological criteria in food is declared 
to be invalid.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protecti on, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : CODEX Principles and Guidelines for the 
Establishment and Application of Microbiological Criteria related to Foods 
CAC/GL  21-1997 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 5 June 2018  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 5 June 2018  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 5 June 2018  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if ava ilable) of other body:   
Agency of Agriculture Quarantine, Ministry of Agriculture  
Jl. Harsono RM No.3, Building E, 5th floor, Ragunan  
Jakarta 12550 - Indonesia  
Tel: +(62  21) 786  5035, 780  5641, 781  6480 
Fax: +(62  21) 781  6481 
E-mail: sps.indonesia@pertanian.go.id  
Website: http://karantina.pertanian.go.id/  
 
Bureau for Cooperation  
Food and Drug Authority (FDA) - Republic of Indonesia  
Jl. Percetakan Negara No.23  
Jakarta 10560  - Indonesia  
Tel: +(62  21) 4287  5379 
Fax: +(62  21) 4287  5379 
E-mail: humas_bpom@yahoo.com  
 ulpk@pom.go.id  
Website: http://www.pom.go.id  G/SPS/N/IDN/137  
 
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  13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Agency of Agriculture Quarantine, Ministry of Agriculture  
Jl. Harsono RM No.3, Building E, 5th floor, Ragunan  
Jakarta 12550 - Indonesia  
Tel: +(62  21) 786  5035, 780  5641, 781  6480 
Fax: +(62  21) 781  6481 
E-mail: sps.indonesia@pertanian.go.id  
Website: http://karantina.pertanian.go.id/  
 
Bureau for Cooperation  
Food and Drug Authority (FDA) - Republic of Indonesia  
Jl. Percetakan Negara No.23  
Jakarta 10560 - Indonesia  
Tel: +(62  21) 4287  5379 
Fax: +(62  21) 4287  5379 
E-mail: humas_bpom@yahoo.com  
 ulpk@pom.go.id  
Website: http://www.pom.go.id