Regulation of Sanctions in Increasing Supervision of the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) Against the Circulation of Food and Drugs Containing Hazardous Materials

Abstract

Processed food products circulating in the market do not all provide guarantees of quality and safety for consumers. The number of cases that afflict consumers due to consuming processed food products that do not meet the specified quality standards, for example the case of packaged milk containing melamine, non-halal adjinomoto cooking spices, candy containing addictive substances, and others. The problems discussed in writing this article are the form of increased supervision of the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) on the circulation of food and drugs containing hazardous materials and the efforts of the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency regarding the circulation of food containing hazardous materials. The research method used in the provisions governing the existence of sanctions in order to increase effective supervision for perpetrators who violate these rules. So it is hoped that strict sanctions for business actors who violate in the context of writing articles are normative legal research, in the form of research by examining laws and regulations that are related to legal problems that occur. The results of the study form ways to improve supervision carried out by BPOM by indirectly forming an integrated food supervision network with other agencies such as the agriculture department, the trade department, which collaborate in particular to conduct a supervision team on the circulation of food and drugs containing hazardous materials. Therefore, BPOM must carry out its duties and functions collectively to prevent business actors from committing fraud by using materials containing hazardous substances. Then the efforts made by the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency related to the distribution of food containing hazardous materials, namely preventive and repressive efforts. As for suggestions from the author, namely the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency to carry out intensive and equitable supervision to minimize the circulation of food containing hazardous materials that endanger public health and it is recommended to take preventive and repressive protection efforts.