Medan 13/02/2017, Responding to news in several print and online media about the circulation of Candy Dot which is suspected to contain drugs and other hazardous materials which was first discovered in Surabaya - East Java, thus making the public nervous, especially those who have small children.
 
Responding to this, BB Pom Medan in collaboration with the North Sumatra BNN and the District / City Health Office carried out field supervision and from the results of the supervision that the bonbon dot was already circulating in several regions / districts in the North Sumatra region.
 
Labfor Medan Branch has conducted an examination by taking samples from Langkat consisting of BB 1: Spray Candy, BB2: Candy Dot and BB3: White Powder, after being examined with GCMS and FTIR instruments, negative results were obtained for narcotics and psychotropic substances and after it was detected that the bonbon contained D-Glucose Monohydrate, Glucopur, Sweetener, D-Glucose, DL-Phenylalanie, Methy Ester, Methyl Stearate, Palmitic Acid and according to the Medan Branch of Labfor that all substances detected in the bonbon are generally used as sweeteners, not narcotics / psychotropics. .
 
With the results from the Medan Branch of the Labfor Laboratory, it is appealed to the public not to panic, but so that people are wiser in consuming food products that have a distribution permit, and look at the expiration date so that it does not cause health.