STATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR FOOD SAFETY IN INDONESIA

Community needs legal protection in the food sector calls for the optimal role of the law to give a sense of security both in producing and consuming food products, because in fact often still circulating types or food products that do not meet quality standards and health. Humans need food and other vital needs. The food is required, in accordance with their human rights, is a nutritious and healthy foods. But, often people do not receive the appropriate needs, even deliberately got inhumane treatment in the form of unhealthy food from other humans. As consumers some food products, many people often do not know how to select the products that will be consumed. Legal protection of the consumer is impressed semantics (sterilization rules) and nominal (not implemented consistently). The producers, distributors and sellers often do not heed the provisions of consumer protection laws. Government as regulator is also in many ways too late to anticipate violations of law such as the sale of food that has expired.