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        "id": 1849303,
        "msgid": "foreign-producers-still-selling-bpa-gallons-in-indonesia-despite-bans-elsewhere-1783572681",
        "date": "2026-07-09 11:25:00",
        "title": "Foreign Producers Still Selling BPA Gallons in Indonesia Despite Bans Elsewhere",
        "author": "Putri Yuliani",
        "source": "MEDIA_INDONESIA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Regulation",
        "summary": "Consumer groups have accused multinational bottled water producers of applying double standards by selling polycarbonate gallons containing Bisphenol A (BPA) in Indonesia while complying with bans in their home countries. The Indonesian Consumers Community (KKI) highlighted that these companies are exploiting regulatory gaps, as a mandatory BPA labelling law passed in 2024 will only take effect in 2028. Activists are demanding immediate government action to enforce safety standards and set usage limits for reusable gallons to protect public health.",
        "content": "<p>The Indonesian Consumers Community (KKI) has accused foreign bottled\nwater producers of implementing double standards by continuing to sell\npolycarbonate gallons containing Bisphenol A (BPA) in Indonesia, despite\ncomplying with strict bans in their home countries. KKI Chairman David\nTobing stated that while these multinational companies have switched to\nsafer materials in Europe and other regions, they are still circulating\ngallons made with BPA in the Indonesian market. \u201cIn their own countries,\nthey have already complied with regulations prohibiting BPA. Why is this\nstill allowed to happen here?\u201d David questioned.<\/p>\n<p>Several European countries and neighbouring Malaysia have already\nbanned or tightly regulated the use of BPA in food and beverage\npackaging due to scientific findings that the chemical is accumulative\nin the human body and potentially triggers chronic health issues,\nincluding cancer and reproductive disorders. However, in Indonesia, the\nsame multinational producers continue to utilise polycarbonate gallons\ncontaining BPA, taking advantage of the absence of strict domestic\nregulations. The Head of the Indonesian Food and Drug Authority (BPOM),\nProfessor Taruna Ikrar, has previously acknowledged that under certain\nconditions, polycarbonate packaging can leach BPA compounds into\ndrinking water.<\/p>\n<p>Consumer groups also pointed out an inconsistency in the domestic\nmarket, where baby bottles and tumblers are already required to be\nlabelled BPA-free, yet reusable gallons consumed by millions daily are\nnot subject to the same standard. Fitrah Bukhari, a member of the\nNational Consumer Protection Agency (BPKN), criticised this regulatory\ngap, stating that producers have a moral responsibility to safeguard\nconsumer health, especially for a product considered a basic necessity\nfor nearly 100 million Indonesians.<\/p>\n<p>KKI further revealed that some producers are manufacturing two\ndifferent types of gallons: newer, safer models for certain areas and\nolder polycarbonate gallons for other regions, all sold at the same\nprice. David described this as a form of discrimination against\nconsumers. The current regulation mandating BPA labelling was only\npassed in 2024 and will not be effectively enforced until 2028, a\nfour-year grace period that consumer advocates argue is far too long and\nleaves the public continuously exposed to potential health risks. The\nKKI is urging the government to immediately enforce the labelling rules\nand establish a maximum usage age for reusable gallons, demanding that\nforeign producers apply the same safety standards in Indonesia as they\ndo in their home countries.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/foreign-producers-still-selling-bpa-gallons-in-indonesia-despite-bans-elsewhere-1783572681",
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