Cooking Oil In Bulk Banned In March 2016

Pekanbaru, Riau, Dec 3(Antarariau.com) - Cooking in bulk will be banned in the market, as from March 27 , 2016 to protect the consumers, a regional official said.

Cooking oil bulk has lost its vitamin A in the process of pouring it from drums to jerry cans or plastic packaging.

"Effective as from 27 March, 2016 cooking oil bulk is now longer allowed to be sold in Pekanbaru," head of the Pekanbaru trade and industry office Mas Irba Sulaiman here on Thursday.

Irba said according to a decision of the trade minister cooking oil bulk is no longer healthy as it no longer has vitamin A.

He said his office already made known the regulation to oil distributors since March last year.

The regulation is to protect consumers from disease of having high cholesterol level and other diseases, he said.

"The trade directorate already made socialization of the regulation banning the sales of cooking oil in bulk. The government allowed only to sell cooking oil packaging not in plastic bags," he said.

Director General of Domestic Trade Gunaryo said earlier with the imposition of the Indonesian National Standard (SNI), distributors or producers of cooking oil would no longer sell cooking oil in bulk.

"Therefore, the cooking oil sold to consumers should be healthy and in packaging," Gunaryo said.

He said his office already launched socialization in 11 big cities in Indonesia but 6-7 percent of the cooking oil in the market is still in bulk.