Police raid "hazardous" meatball factory in Bogor

The Jak Pos, Jakarta Sat, June 18 2016

National Police officers have raided a factory in Parakan Salak, Kemang, Bogor regency, West Java, for allegedly producing packaged meatballs using hazardous substances as preservatives.

Director of the National Police detectives’ narcotics division, Brig. Gen. Dharma Pongrekun said the factory, which occupies a 1 hectare plot of land and has the capacity to produce 1.5 tons of meatballs per day, had been operating since 2012.

“We’ve searched the factory and found hazardous substances, like tawas [a cleaning agent] and meatball preservatives,” Dharma said at the factory as quoted by tribunnews.com.

Dharma said the consumption of meatball preserved using tawas for a long period of time could be harmful to consumers’ health.

The factory supplies packaged meatballs to traditional markets and supermarkets across the Greater Jakarta area, including Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi under a number of brands, including Bakso Sapi Asli Polos Bangka, Bakso Sapi Tenis Bangka Brekele, Bakso Daging Sapi Kaya Rasa & Gizi Bangka, Bakso Sapi Asli Super Polos and Bakso Daging Sapi Bangka Tenis Urat.

Police officers seized 60 bags of tawas weighing 50 kilograms each and arrested the factory owner, a 56-year-old Tangerang resident known by the initials HS



( well that's just done it! Bakso is off the menue )



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