Choirul Fuadi, Central Kalimantan, CIDISS – Hot issue about synthetic rice from Tiongkok, china which has been imported on Indonesia, it made citizen of this country fidgety. Moreover, the finding of synthetic rice has founded in Java Island. Also, some seller mixed the synthetic rice to real rice.
The dangerous consume synthetic rice is very risk. It made government and his committee monitor extra to the circulation of rice.
Central Kalimantan imported rice from other district. Then, goverment increase the monitor of the rice trading circulation in central Kalimantan. Central Kalimantan focused on harbor. Government took the way to anticipate the synthetic rice trading to central Kalimantan which booming in Java Island.
Office of harbor master and Harbor Authority (Kesyahbandaran dan Otoritas Pelabuhan (KSOP)) Kumai, Kotawaringin Barat (Kobar), Central Kalimantan, like quote in Borneo News (24/5/2015), Junaidi, enroll his component to more guard and monitor the loading of rice from Boat in Panglima Utar harbor.
“We added work schedule to secure Kumai’s harbor from synthetic rice smuggling,” said him.
Not only in Kotawaringin barat, other district in Central Kalimantan, has Sampit’s Harbor also more increasing guard. Chief of Police sector of Mentaya’s water, Iptu Mahmud said that police has more monitored the rice trading and loading.
“We checked to every rice entry to harbor, for anticipate entry of synthetic rice,” said him.
Mahmud added, his side has made cooperation to Police sector Ketapang and related department to monitor rice which sold in Mentaya Shopping Center.
“I hope, synthetic rice has no sold in Kotawaringin Timur, if we found the rice, we will take more act,” sadi Mahmud.
In other side, department of trade and Market management Kotawaringin Timur also monitor the rice circulation.
“We have made team with department of health to check the possibility entry of synthetic rice,” said chief of department of trade and Market management Kotawaringin Timur, Mudjiono.