MINISTER OF INDUSTRY OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA DECREE  
NO: 
 
CONCERNING  
 
OBLIGATIORY APPLICATION OF INDONESIAN NATIONAL STANDARD (SNI)  
TO FOOD AND DRINK UTENSILS MADE OF MELAMINE  
 
BY THE GRACE OF ONE GOD  
 
MINISTER OF INDUSTRY OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESI A 
 
Considering:  a. that in order to assure quality and production efficiency, to protect the 
consumer in respect to product quality, and to create a fair trade 
practice, an obligatory validity of Indonesian National Standard (SNI) 
to Food and Drink Utensil s made of Melamine is necessary;  
 
b. that pursuant to point a. above, it is necessary to issue a Minister of 
Industry Decree;  
 
Recalling:  1. Law No 5 of 1984 concerning Industry (State Gazette of Republic of 
Indonesia No 22 of 1984, Amendment to State Gaz ette of the 
Republic of Indonesia No 3274);  
 
2. Law No 7 of 1994 concerning Ratification of Agreement on 
Establishing The World Trade Organization, State Gazette of the 
Republic of Indonesia Of 1994 No 57, Amendment of the State 
Gazette of Republic of Indones ia No 3564);  
 
3. Law No 10 of 1995 concerning Customs (State Gazette o f Republic of 
Indonesia No 75 of 1995 , Amendment to State Gazette of the Republic 
of Indonesia No 3612) as amended by Law No 17 of 2006 (State 
Gazette of Republic of Indonesia No 93 of 2006 , Amendment to State 
Gazette of  the Republic  of Indonesia  No 4661);  
 
4. Law No 7 of 1996 concerning Food (State Gazette o f Republic of 
Indonesia No 99 of 1996, Amendment to State Gazette of the Republic 
of Indonesia No 3656);  
 
5. Law No 8 of 1999 concerning Cons umers Protection (State Gazette o f 
Republic of Indonesia No 42 of 1999 , Amendment to State Gazette of 
the Republic of Indonesia No 3821);  
 Minister of Industry of the Republic of Indonesia Decree No  
 2 6. Law No 17 of 1986 concerning the Authority of Management, Creation 
and Development of Industry (State Gazette of th e Republic of 
Indonesia No 23 of 1986 , Supplement to State Gazette No 3330).  
 
7. Law No 102 of 2000 concerning National Standardi sation (State 
Gazette of th e Republic of Indonesia No 199 of 2000 , Supplement to 
State Gazette No 4020).  
 
8. Law No 28 of 2004 concern ing Safety, Quality and Nutrients of Food 
(State Gazette of th e Republic of Indonesia No 107 of 2004 , 
Supplement to State Gazette No 4424).  
 
9. Presidential Decree of  the Republic of Indonesia No 9 of 2005 
concerning the Position, Tasks, Function and Organi sational  
Structure of Republic  of Indonesia Ministries Organis ation 
Administration as recently amended by Presidential Decre e of the 
Republic of Indonesia  No 64 of 2006;  
 
10. Presidential Decree No  78 of 2001 concerning the National 
Accreditation Committee  
 
11. Regulation No 634/MPP/Kep/9/2002  of the Minister of Industry and 
Trade  concerning Supervision Procedure of Goods and Service 
Circulated in the Market;  
 
12. Regulation No 19/M -IND/PER/5/2006 of the Minister of Industry 
concerning Standardis ation, Creation and Su pervision of Indonesian 
Industrial National Standard;  
 
13. Regulation No 14/M -DAG/PER/3/2007 of the Minister of Trade 
concerning the Obligatory Standardization for Trade Services and 
Supervision of Indonesian National Standard (SNI) on goods and 
services in th e market;  
 
DECIDES:  
To Stipulate:  MINISTER OF INDUSTRY REGULATION CONCERNING  THE  
OBLIGATORY APPLICATION OF INDONESIAN NATIONAL 
STANDARD (SNI) TO FOOD AND DRINK UNTENSTILS MADE OF 
MELAMINE   
 Minister of Industry of the Republic of Indonesia Decree No  
 3 Article 1  
 
The following definitions shall apply  in this Minist erial Decree : 
 
1. Product Certification for Application of Indonesian National Standard 
abbreviated as SPPT -SNI is certificates issued by LS Pro to producers 
qualified to produce goods and or services according to SNI 
requirements.  
2. National Accreditation Com mittee, abbreviated as KAN , is a 
non-structural institution  reporting and responsible to  the President having 
the authority to accredit institutions/laboratory to conduct certification 
activities.   
3. Product Certification Institution, abbreviated as LS Pro, is a 
KAN -accredited institution which  conduct s Product Certification Activities 
of SNI Application.  
4. Director General of Industrial Supervision is the Director General of Agro 
Industry and Chemical of Department of Industry.  
5. Head of BPPI is the Head Indus trial Research and Development of 
Department of Industry.  
6. Head of Provincial Office is the Head of Provincial Office responsible for 
the implemen tation of  all administrati ve affairs in the industry sector.  
7. Head of Regency/City Office is the Head of Provi ncial Office responsible 
for the  implement ation of  all administration affairs in the industry sector.  
 
Article 2  
 
To put into effect the obligatory validation of Indonesian National Standard 
(SNI) and /or its revisions on Food and Drink Utensils made of Me lamine SNI 
7322:2008 with Harmoni sed System tariff’s location of HS 3924.10.00.00.*  
 
Article 3  
 
Compan ies producing food and drink utensils made of melamine as referred 
to in Article 2 are obliged to:  
 
a. obtain and apply SPPT -SNI of Food and Drink Utens ils made of Melamine 
according to the rules and regulations  in force ; and  
 
b. affix an SNI symbol by embossing food and drink utensils made of 
Melamine.  
 
Article 4  
 
Any food and drink  utensils made of melamine as referred to in Article 2, 
which are domest ically marketed and produced and /or imported , must meet 
the SNI requirements referred to in Article 3.  Minister of Industry of the Republic of Indonesia Decree No  
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Article 5  
 
(1) The issuance of SPPT -SNI of Food and Drink made of Melamine as 
mentioned in Article 3 (a) shall be carried out by an LS Pro which ha s 
obtained KAN accreditation and /or appointed by Minister of Industry, 
through:  
 
a. quality adherence tests of Food and Drink Utensils made of 
Melamine according to SNI requirements; and  
 
b. audit of Quality Management System SNI 19 -9001 -2001/IS0 
9001 -2000 and its revisions, or other accredited quality 
management system.   
 
(2) The tests mentioned in paragraph 1( a) can be subcontracted to a 
KAN -accredited testing laboratory or subcontracted to overseas testing 
laboratory provided that there is  a Mutual Recogniti on Arrangement 
(MRA) between KAN and the Accreditation Institution of that country, 
and bilateral or multilateral agreements on technical regulations with 
the Republic of Indonesia have been established.  
 
(3) Quality Management System audit as mentioned i n paragraph 1(b) 
shall be based on the assurance issued by Quality Certification 
Institution that has been accredited by KAN or by an overseas 
Accreditation Institution having Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) 
with KAN.  
 
Article 6  
 
LS Pro as mention ed in Article 5 (1) shall report its certification process to 
Director General of Industrial Supervision by carbon copy to  the Head of 
BPPI.  
 
Article 7  
 
(1) Imported food and drink utensils made from melamine entering the 
Indonesian Customs territory of Indon esia must conform to  SNI 
require ments by providing SPPT -SNI as evidence .  
 
(2) Imported Food and Drink Utensils made of Melamine that already have 
SPPT -SNI must be registered according to the rules and regulations  in 
force .  
 
Article 8  
 
(1) Domestically pr oduced food and drink utensils made of melamine which 
fail to conform to  SNI requirements should not be distributed and must 
be destroyed.  Minister of Industry of the Republic of Indonesia Decree No  
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(2) Imported food and drink utensils made of melamine that fail to meet SNI 
requirements as mentioned in Article 7 are not permitted to  ente r the  
Indonesian Customs territory and must destroyed or re -exported.  
 
Article 9  
(1) The monitoring and supervision of  the implementation of SNI on Food 
and Drink Utensils made of Melamine as mentioned in Article 2 shall be 
conduc ted by Director General of Industrial Supervision.  
 
(2) During the supervision process as mentioned in paragraph (1) , the  
Director General of Industrial Supervision may work together with  the 
Head of the Provincial Office and or Head of the Regency/City O ffice or 
related institutions . 
 
(3) The Head of BPPI will monitor  the Adherence Assessment Institution in 
the application of obligatory validation of SNI in Food and Drink Utensils 
made from Melamine.  
 
Article 10  
 
The Director General of In dustrial Superv ision will issue  technical guidelines 
for this Ministerial Regulation.  
 
Article 11  
 
Any violation to the provisions of this Ministerial Regulation by business 
entities will result in the receiving of sanctions according to the  rules and 
regulations  in for ce.  
 
Article 12  
 
This Ministerial Regulations shall come into effect  6 (six) month s following  the 
date of its stipulation.  
 
In order to  inform  everyone of this Ministerial Regulation, i t is required that 
this decree be announced in the State Gazette of t he Republic of Indonesia.  
 
Stipulated in Jakarta on  
 
 
MINISTER OF INDUSTRY OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA  
 
FAHMI IDRIS  Minister of Industry of the Republic of Indonesia Decree No  
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