Importantly, Watch Kids Snacks in Schools

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Recognize food safety school snacks (PJAS) is important. In addition to maintaining the health of children, recognizing PJAS children can realize increased security PJAS are eligible up to 100 percent.


For the record, during the years 2008 to 2010 are eligible PJAS security is around 56-60 per cent, whereas in 2011 increased to 65 percent, and in 2012 again increased to 76 percent.

"Hopefully Indonesia will realize the security PJAS eligible up to 100 percent in 2014," said Deputy Minister of Food Safety Control and Hazardous Materials Agency of Drug and Food Control (BPOM) Roy Sparringga Tuesday (01/22/2013) in Jakarta.

Participate actively in identifying and overseeing security PJAS, said Roy is the duty of the school community, which consists of teachers, students, parents, cafeteria managers, to food vendors around the school.

Roy said the elementary school children (SD) age was the "most frequent snack." Survey shows from hundreds of respondents, approximately 49 percent of elementary school children snack at least 4 times per week, 50 percent of at least 1 time per week, and only 1 percent who never snack but bring your own food from home.

In order to realize PJAS safe, quality, and nutritious, the government has launched the National Action PJAS, one of which is to form the 5 Keys to Food Safety. Hopefully the whole school community in Indonesia to understand exactly how the Security PJAS so as to avoid food snacks that do not qualify.

Questioned sanctions for the cafeteria or food vendors are still selling food insecure, Roy said, "there is no legal sanction for them, but we believe if the school community is a smart judge all, they may be sanctioned social: people no one will want to buy merchandise them. "

Sources: http://health.kompas.com/read/2013/01/22/19212472/