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View all search resultsIndomie variant flagged by Taiwan safe to consume, BPOM says
The Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) has stated that a variant of instant noodle brand Indomie flagged by Taiwanese authorities is safe for consumption, according to Indonesian standards.
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Global brand: Indofood showcases the company's instant noodle products, some of which are distributed globally, at Ideafest 2019 in Jakarta. (JP/Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak)
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he Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) says a variant of instant noodle brand Indomie flagged by Taiwanese authorities for containing a carcinogenic substance is safe for consumption based on Indonesian standards.
“According to the results of our examination of BPOM’s registration data, the product variant [in question] has a distribution permit from BPOM; hence it can be sold in Indonesia and remains safe for consumption,” the agency wrote in a statement published on Friday, after the detection of ethylene oxide (EtO) in Indomie’s Rasa Soto Banjar Limau Kuit variant.
BPOM said it would “keep coordinating with Taiwanese authorities and other stakeholders to take action and monitor the developments in this matter”.
Indomie producer PT Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur (ICBP) has admitted that the product tested in Taiwan did not meet that country’s standards.
However, the producer said it had not “officially exported” the flagged product to Taiwan, accusing a trader or “unauthorized importers” for arranging the shipment without the company’s knowledge.
ICBP insisted that “all instant noodles produced by the company in Indonesia are processed in compliance with the food safety standards set by BPOM and the Codex Standard for instant noodles”, referring to an international set of food standards, guidelines and codes of practice devised by the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC), which was established by the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
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