G/SPS/N/IDN/129  
12 December 2019  
(19-8577) 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 , Bureau 
for Cooperation Food and Drug Authority (FDA) - Republic of Indonesia  
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. 28 Year 2019 on Pr ocessing 
Aids in Food Processing . Language(s):  Indonesian . Number of pages:  88 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/IDN/19_7067_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Regulation is a revised version of the Regulation of the 
Head of FDA No. 10 Year 2016 on the Use of Enzyme and Immobilized Enzyme Processing 
Aids. Due to the regulation development of other countries related to food packaging 
regulation and that certain requirements of the regulation are no longer applicable, FDA 
has amended this regulation.  
It consists of other classes of processing aids, such as: bleaching, washing and peeling 
agents; clarifying agents, filtration aids, adsorbent, and decolourant; boiler water 
additive; flocculating agents; catalyst; nutrition fo r microbes; micro -organism control 
agents; ion exchange resins; and other processing aids.  
This regulation regulates the maximum residue level of processing aids in food.  
As the new regulation is issued, therefore all the previous regulations regarding the  
requirement of processing aids in food processing are declared to be invalid.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] 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 STAN on Food Additives  
[ ] 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 st andard?  
[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:  1. Act 
No. 18 Year 2012 on Food  
2. Government Regulation Number 28 Year 2004 on Food Safety, Quality and Nutrition   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 16 October 2019  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 16 October 2019  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 16 October 2019  
[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 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) 7865035, 7805641, 7816480  
Fax: +(62 21) 7816481  
E-mail: sps.indonesia@pertanian.go.id  
Website: http://karantina.pertanian.go.id/  
Bureau for Cooperation  
Food and Drug Authority (FDA)  
Jl. Percetakan Negara No.23  
Jakarta 10560 - Indonesia  
Tel: +(62 -21) 42875379  
Fax: +(62 -21) 42875379  
Email: humas_bpom@yahoo.com, ulpk@pom.go.id  
Website: http://www.pom.go.id  G/SPS/N/IDN/129  
 
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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) 7865035, 7805641, 7816480  
Fax: +(62 -21) 7816481  
Email: sps.indonesi a@pertanian.go.id  
Website: http://karantina.pertanian.go.id/  
Bureau for Cooperation  
Food and Drug Authority (FDA)  
Jl. Percetakan Negara No.23  
Jakarta 10560 - Indonesia  
Tel: +(62 -21) 42875379  
Fax: +(62 -21) 42875379  
Email: humas_bpom@yahoo.com, ulpk@pom.go.id  
Website: http://www.pom.go.id