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Judul : Danger To Consumers, BPOM Closes Two Tofu Factories That Use Formalin
In Parung Bogor
Nama Media : voi.id
Tanggal : 6/11/2022
Halaman/URL : https://voi.id/en/news/177646/danger-to-consumers-bpom-closes-two-tofu-
factories-that-use-formalin-in-parung-bogor
Tipe Media : Media Online

The Food and Drug Supervisory Agency
(BPOM) revealed that two tofu factories
use formalin in Waru Village and Waru
Kaum Village, Parung, Bogor Regency,
West Java, Friday, June 10.

“The use of hazardous materials in the
food route, formalin, is a fairly large
finding”, said the Head of Indonesian
Food and Drug Supervisory Agency
(BPOM), Penny K Lukito, accompanied
by representatives from the West Java
Regional Police and the Bogor Regency
Government during a press conference at the tofu factory located in Waru Kaum Village. From the
two tofu factories with a production capacity of 120 million tofu per month, BPOM found 38
kilograms of powdered formaldehyde and 60 kilograms of liquid formaldehyde.

According to him, BPOM and the Police also confiscated around 1,500 tofu which was ready to be
distributed to three markets in various regions, namely Ciputat Market, Parung Market, and Jembatan
Dua Market in Jakarta.

Penny said, as an initial sanction, that the two factories were closed so that no tofu production
activities were carried out. Then, the two owners with the initials S (35) and N (45) were immediately
identified as suspects.

In fact, according to Penny, since the use of formalin for food has been banned, the government has
provided a bitter for each liquid form of formalin. So if it is used for food, it will taste bitter and give
the impression of food that is not suitable for consumption.
However, the two factories use formalin in the form of a powder that has not been mixed with bitters.

“Those who take advantage, food crimes, use other types, solid (formalin) or particles. They have a
process to make it liquid. Of course, there is no bitterness. I think this is very disappointing”, he said.