Indofood CBP Claims Indomie Sold to Taiwan Complies with Safety Standard

Indonesia Finance

Monday, 11 October 2010 10:21

Theindonesiatoday.com -- In response to media reports in Taiwan about the inclusion of the E218 (methyl-P-hydroxybenzoate)food preservative in Indomie instant noodle products, PT Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk (ICBP)clarifies on Monday that its Indomie instant noodle products the company exports to Taiwan comply with the regulations of Taiwan Department of Health Bureau of Food Safety.

“ICBP would like to emphasize that its products are wholly compliant with the globally accepted guidelines set out by the CODEX Alimentarius Commission, the international food standards body,” the company said in a statement.

“We are reviewing the situation in Taiwan, in relation to these reports and will take action necessary to protect our consumers in this and other countries,” said Taufik Wiraatmadja, director of ICBP.

The company said that the recent reports in the Taiwanese media arose in relation to instant noodle products manufactured by ICBP that were not intended for the Taiwanese market.

The company’s statement could also mean that the E218 food preservative may have been included in the Indomie instant noodle that not for exports market, which needs further clarification from the company and should alarm local food safety agencies.

CODEX was established by Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) as a joint global initiative to develop food standards to protect the health of consumers and to facilitate the Good Practice of International Trade. A total of 168 countries, including Indonesia, have agreed to adhere to the standards and guidelines laid donw by CODEX Alimentarius Commission.

ICBP was established from the Consumer Branded Product (CBP) Group of PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk (ISM), listed in 1994. Through internal restructuring, all business activities of CBP which involves instant noodles, dairy, food seasonings, snack foods, nutrion and special foods, as well as biscuits which was previously under Bogasari Group, has been transferred from ISM to ICBP, which was established in September 2009.

The aforementioned restructuring process was completed in March this year. ICBP principal brands include a variety of brands of instant noodles (Indomie, Supermi and Sarimi), dairy (Indomilk), food seasonings (Sambal Indofood, Sirup Indofood and Bumbu Racik), snack foods (Chitato and Qtela, as well as nutrion & special foods (Promina and SUN).

(roffie@theindonesiatoday.com)

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