PT Great Giant Livestock (PT GGL), Terbanggi Besar, Central Lampung, received a working visit from officers from the DKI Jakarta Food Security, Maritime and Agricultural Service (KPKP) on Friday (8/12). This visit is part of the DKI Jakarta KPKP’s efforts to carry out supervision and outreach related to guaranteeing safe, healthy, intact, halal animal products, as well as preventing the entry of strategic infectious animal diseases in the DKI Jakarta area.
Head of Livestock and Animal Health Division of DKI Jakarta Province, drh. Rismiati, stated, “Our visit to PT GGL aims to ensure the health and safety of products and prevent animal diseases that have the potential to enter the DKI Jakarta area.” In addition, they want to communicate directly with owners or sellers of animal products regarding preventing the transmission of animal diseases, implementing animal safety (biosecurity), and reporting if suspected cases of infectious animal diseases are found.
The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government, through the DKI Jakarta KPKP Service, is taking anticipatory steps by reviewing places where animal products are sold in accordance with Minister of Agriculture Regulation Number 17 of 2023, which regulates traffic procedures for animal products entering the DKI Jakarta area. drh. Anwar Basri, Head of Animal Husbandry and Animal Health Division of Lampung Province, also accompanied this visit. “The KPKP Service has carried out outreach and coordination with agencies in charge of animal husbandry and health functions as well as regional veterinary authority officials who supply them,” said Drh. Rismiati.
The DKI Provincial Government and the DKI Jakarta KPKP Service hope that this effort can guarantee that animal products entering DKI Jakarta are safe and healthy in accordance with the vision and mission of DKI Jakarta as a Global City.
The visit from the DKI Jakarta KPKP was welcomed by Yunianto Eko Nugroho, as Dairy Farm Dept Head of PT GGL. Yunianto expressed his gratitude for the visit, considering that PT GGL has close ties with DKI Jakarta Province, where most of its products enter the city of Jakarta.
“Regarding food security, PT GGL is also committed to maintaining good, healthy and halal product quality that will enter the consumer market,” said Yunianto. Furthermore, Yunianto explained that PT GGL had implemented preventive measures, such as vaccination for 6 months, starting from calves, as well as providing guidance to farmer partners to protect existing assets. “We also have to guarantee that the products coming out of PT GGL are guaranteed to be safe from a disease perspective, because fattening products are also sent to Jakarta,” added Yunianto.
