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More than 22m cans of mackerel recalled: BPOM
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Contaminated: Pekanbaru Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) officials show samples of canned mackerel contaminated with worms to journalists in a press conference in Pekanbaru, Riau, on March 21. (Antara/FB Anggoro)
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he Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) has recalled at least 22 million tins of imported mackerel contaminated with worms, and around 47,000 local products from the market since the agency named 27 out of 66 canned mackerel products as being tainted last week.
“I can say that we have retrieved almost all the contaminated products, but please report to us if [anyone in the] public still finds any such products,” BPOM food security supervision deputy Suratmono told the media after a press conference on Friday.
He further said the BPOM had halted all imported mackerel products until there was a further conclusion about the cause and new inspection framework by the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry.
“Hence, the public doesn’t have to worry if they want to consume canned fish products, even mackerel,” said BPOM head Penny Lukito.
The case has implicated big brands in the canned food industry, such as ABC, Fiesta Seafood and Pronas. From 27 brands, 16 are imported products and the rest are local products.
The brands have to retrieve all of the contaminated products from the market no later than one month from the report, which means by April 28.
Meanwhile, the head of the Indonesia Fish Cannery Association (Apiki) has pledged to step up their supervision on imported raw material, saying it would coordinate with the government more intensively.
“We will tighten our production, because we also sell our products overseas,” said Apiki head Adi Surya. (bbn)
