House to define BPOM's authority<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The House of Representatives (DPR) Commission VII for
\nhealth and social welfare will facilitate efforts to eliminate
\noverlapping duties between the Ministry of Health and the Drugs
\nand Food Control Agency (BPOM).<\/p>\n
\"Commission VII will be a mediator in assigning who is
\nresponsible for what,\" Ahmad Sanoesi Tambunan said on Thursday in
\na hearing with the BPOM.<\/p>\n
A non-governmental organization alleged on Monday that
\nconfusion between the powers of the BPOM and the health ministry
\nhad resulted in the unchecked import of narcotics into the
\ncountry.<\/p>\n
The NGO also said that both Law No. 22\/1997 on narcotics and
\nLaw No. 5\/1997 on psychotropics stipulated that the health
\nministry had the sole authority to sign import documents for
\nnarcotics and psychotropic substances.<\/p>\n
In practice, however, it is the BPOM that signs the documents.<\/p>\n
The confusion between the two institutions started when the
\nBPOM separated from the health ministry during the leadership of
\nformer president Abdurrahman Wahid in 2001. --JP<\/p>",
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