Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture of the Repulic of Indonesia No. 55/PERMENTAN/KR.040/11/2016 concerning Food Safety Control on the Importation of Fresh Food of Plant Origin

This Regulation is substitutes of Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture No. 04/Permentan/PP.340/2/2015 concerning Food Safety Control on Importation and Exportation of Fresh Food of Plant Origin, and Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture No. 13/Permentan/Kr.040/4/2016 concerning Revision to the Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture No. 04/Permentan/PP.340/2/2015 concerning Food Safety Control on Importation and Exportation of Fresh Food of Plant Origin.
This Regulation has been stipulated and enforced on 18 November 2016.
This regulation covers:
a. Types of FFPO commodities an contaminants;
b. Import requirements;
c. Recognition of food safety control system and registration of food safety testing laboratories of a country;
d. Import control;
e. Monitoring;
f. Suspension and revocation of recognition, revocation of registration, and closure of Fresh Food of Plant Origin (FFPO) importation from countries with food safety control system has not been recognized and laboratory has not been registered;
g. Food Safety Emergency Situation

This regulation regulate some specifies changes of the Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture No.04/2015 as follows:
a. Reduction the type of regulated FFPO from 103 into 100 commodities. Dates, cocoa beans, and olives are excluded;
b. The mechanisms of FFPO Safety Control as follows:
- Recognition of food safety control system of origin country;
- Registration of food safety testing laboratory/ies in exporting country;
- Food safety inspection of FFPO importation from countries with food safety control system has not been recognize and laboratory has not been registered.
c. Changes on format and issuance of requirement documents;
d. Provisions of food safety control on exportation of FFPO will be regulated on separate regulation
Country recognition of food safety control system and registration of testing laboratories for FFPO that have been approved before the entry into force of this Regulation, remains valid until it expires.
Once this regulation has been enforced, the Regulation of Minister of Agriculture No. 04 of 2015 and No. 13 of 2016 will be revoked.