Surabaya residents can breathe a sigh of relief after the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BBPOM) stated that the dot-shaped candy which was suspected to contain drugs turned out to be negative.
The Head of the Consumer Information Service Section of BBPOM Surabaya, Lindawati said that based on the results of the lab test on the sample sent by the Surabaya health office in the form of a candy pacifier conducted by his party, it was found that the result was negative for the drug substance.
"Our laboratory test results on samples sent by the Surabaya Health Office were only for candy in the form of a dot, and the results were negative," said Lindawati during a hearing with Commission D of the Surabaya City DPRD together with the Health Office, BNNK Surabaya, Satpol PP and the Education Office, Thursday (09/09). /03/2017)).
Furthermore, Lindawati also explained that based on data from her party, the candy had a distribution permit from BBPOM and was legal.
"We have announced the results on our website www.pom.go.id, people can see the information there," he explained.
Even so, his party appealed to the public to be smart consumers by checking the food to be consumed.
"We have supervised the product and supervised the way of production and advertising and labeling. Then the people themselves must be smart as consumers," he added.
Meanwhile, the Surabaya City Satpol PP claimed to have secured around 1496 candies of various types which were obtained during the three-day operation in various sub-districts in Surabaya.
"Based on the results of the three-day operation, we got around 1496 candies which we confiscated in various schools, both in elementary schools (SD) and kindergartens (TK) in various areas in Surabaya," said the Head of Supervision of the Surabaya Satpol PP, Saiful Ikhsan.
Saiful also said that if the lab test results were negative, his party was also ready to return the candy that had been secured by the Satpol PP. Based on the latest data from the Wonokromo sub-district report, agents from the candy have also been found.
"If the result is negative, we are ready to return the candy that we have taken because the owner has been recorded," he added.@wan