National Agency of Drug and Food Control (Indonesia)
The Indonesian Food and Drug Authority (') or "Badan POM"/"BPOM" or Indonesian FDA, is a government agency of Indonesia, BPOM is responsible for protecting public health through the control and supervision of prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceutical drugs (medications), vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, dietary supplements, food safety, traditional medicine and cosmetics. The task and purposes of this agency is similar to USFDA. History. Precursor of BPOM formed during Dutch east indies era by the name of (DVG) under the auspices of the Dutch pharmacy company. DVG itself acts as an institution in charge of  producing chemical drugs as well as a pharmaceutical research center at that time. In 1964, DVG was nationalized during Guided democracy era and becomes the Pharmacy Inspectorate () of Ministry of Health. Three years later, it was renamed to be the Inspectorate of Pharmaceutical Affairs (). In 1976, the name is changed to be Directorate General Drug and Food Control (, Ditjen POM). Based on Presidential Decision No. 166/2000, Directorate General Drug and Food Control is officially separated from a directorate general within Ministry of Health to become independent agency and report directly to the president with coordination to the Minister of Health . Since 2017, BPOM is regulated by Presidential Decree No. 80/2017. In 2020, Head of BPOM issued a decree on standardization of English nomenclature of BPOM, which provide official translation of the agency name in English. The agency is previously known in English as National Agency for Drug and Food Control. Task and function. Task. As stipulated in article 2 of Presidential Decree No. 80/2017, BPOM was tasked to execute government role in the field of drug and food control. Function. According to article 3 of Presidential Decree No. 80/2017, BPOM has the following functions: Organization. Based on article 5 of  Presidential Decree No. 80/2017, BPOM is organized into the following: BPOM has four centers, those are: BPOM has several Technical Implementation Units (TIUs) which spread across Indonesia. TIUs in NAFDC are Bureau () and Office ().