The Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) declared the 'Penguin Brand' candy or teat candy free of drugs and psychotropic substances. Head of BPOM Penny Kusumastuti Lukito in a press conference on Thursday (9/3) revealed that laboratory tests had been carried out on the candy.
He said of the 12 parameters tested, all of them showed negative results. "We have coordinated with the National Narcotics Agency and today it was concluded that pacifier candy does not contain narcotics," Penny explained on the sidelines of the 2017 BPOM National Conference in Batu.
Testing on candy pacifiers was carried out at BPOM Surabaya as the place where these snacks were found. In addition to Surabaya, the candy pacifier test was also carried out at BPOM Bandar Lampung and Serang. All of them showed negative results for narcotics.
Penny added that testing the content of rhodamine B and formalin in pacifiers also showed negative results. A negative result indicates that the candy can still be circulated and consumed. "We ask the public to be calm but remain vigilant about consuming any food because it could be contaminated or contaminated," he added.
Based on BPOM's research, pacifier candy has obtained a distribution permit which will expire in 2018. Sweets imported from China are widely traded in the Surabaya school environment. However, Penny instructed all BPOM in the region to participate in checking the product in question.
The Surabaya government through its entire staff raided candy pacifiers in a number of schools and markets. The issue of pacifier candy containing narcotics has been circulating in the mass media and social media since March 6. This issue arose after the Surabaya City Government suspected the presence of rhodamine-B and formalin.