Legal protection for availability, quality food safety and food waste management

Abstract

Legal protection for consumers from the circulation of food containing hazardous substances is increasingly felt to be very important, given the rapid development of science and technology that can have a negative impact on human behavior. The method used is to combine normative legal research and empirical legal research which is intended to be able to examine regulations relating to consumer protection and to find out the application of these regulations in society by seeking information directly, namely by conducting interviews with parties who then described in narrative form. The results of the research that have been carried out conclude that legal protection for consumers in Merauke Regency for each food product must meet food safety and quality standards by conducting laboratory tests on the food to be produced and distributed. Production Permits can be granted to business actors if they meet the requirements in the Food Law. The Health Service and BPOM also routinely monitor food and beverages circulating in Merauke so that consumers as consumers are protected from food containing hazardous substances. There are still many business actors who distribute food or drinks that are not suitable for consumption because the sanctions given are only administrative sanctions so that they do not provide a deterrent effect. polluting the environment.

Protection of agricultural land in realizing sustainable food security

“…If there is a long dry season, agricultural land will become dry because Merauke has agricultural land that relies on rain, and vice versa, if the rainfall is high, it will flood so that agricultural land is damaged. The government's efforts to realize food security are also threatened along with the widespread conversion of food agricultural land to non-agricultural food which is increasing every year [8].…”

“…To anticipate the problem of conversion of agricultural functions contained in Article 73 of Law Number 41 of 2009 concerning Protection of Sustainable Food Agricultural Land, where any government official authorized to issue land conversion permits that are not in accordance with the provisions, can be subject to imprisonment for a minimum of one year and a maximum of five years or a fine of at least IDR 1 billion and a maximum of IDR 5 billion. The area of rice farming land in Merauke is estimated to be 36,155 hectares in 2020 and will decrease in 2021 to 34,357 hectares [8].…”