The Ministry of Maritime
and Fishery [KKP] synchronized application of SNI [Indonesia National Standard]
of quality with Codex Alimentarius Commission [CAC], an institution established
by FAO and WHO under the United Nations who held mandate of standardization in
food, Consumer Health Protection, and Noble Practices in international food
trading. “Under any circumstance Indonesia’s fishery products would refer to
Codex standard in terms of raw materials, production process, end result and
testing method” The Dir. Gen. of P2HP Saut P. Hutagalung disclosed to Business
News [28/11].
Standardization of fishery products was on the frontier
of protection line domestic products at home and abroad. Today the
standardization of fishery products consisted of 160 SNI or fishery products.
Standardization for exported products referred to Codex, which automatically
had passed screening process at the laboratory, so the products were
hygienically guaranteed and safe to consume. Certification was compulsory for
all products.”
On the other hand KKP convinced business people that SNI
application was advantageous to business. Under the present condition some
modern retailers. Under the present condition some modern retailers including Carrefour
and Giant tend to buy from suppliers on ‘pay now’ basis. “Now all fish products
sold in modern markets must be SNI certified. They buy on ‘pay now’ basis not
consigning their products on ‘pay later’ basis.”
By globalization the world was now united under new
reference called “standard.” Accordingly, most activities in the fishery
industry were based on standardization. Competitiveness of standardized fishery
products was part of market liberalization. SNI was also a system of quality
upgrading, market expansion, innovation, and value addition. “Year after year,
SNI of fishery products was keeping ip with technology advancement.”
The Technical committee 65-05 on Fishery Products ane
Technical Committee [KT] were executor of Law no 20/2014 on Standardization and
Evaluation. In 2014 BSN had stipulated 8 SNI formulated by KT 65 05. The
products were among others Fish Bakso Meatballs, Frozen Fish, Fresh Tuna for
Sashimi, Frozed Tuna Loin. Besides, SNI also applied chemical testing system on
bronze [CU] and zinc [Zn] on fish products. “Market demand for testing was
increasing, but there was price adjustments. Traders and consumers could
interact, while consumers were assure of product safety, producers were
advantaged by SNL”
Today there were obstacles to SNI execution. The
Government and the Fish Processing Unit Center must work hard to apply SNI. The
problems encountered were among others: business people were ignorant of SNI,
the advantages of SNI. Thirdly, limited number of Evaluation agents [LPK] in
terms of quantity, scope of screening and outspreading. Fourthly low commitment
to SNI application and poor coordination among related executors.
“We feel the need for stages in the application of
mandatory SNI. Now application of SNI was stll on voluntary basis, but we keep
on promoting. We are afraid that some unstandardized products were banned, we
don’t want this to happen to fishery products. Producers must be made aware of
the long term business benefit of SNI.”
Upon embarking on the AEC 2015 Indonesia would be bound
to the single market agreement not to prohibit fishery products which had met
qualifications. SNI was in fact not the only strategy to shield off invasion of
imported products. SNI was intended to assure product quality.
SNI was an important instrument for screening product
quality, “Domestic Small Business [UKM] product are SNI certified, such as
canned food which had broad market base. As soon as they are SNI certified, UKM
products would be ready to compete in Asean market. It would be ready to
compete in Asean market. It would wall out imported products”
In 2014 the Dir Gen of P2HP had facilitated 10 UKM to
have SNI certification; this would promote upgrading of UKM. Among the UKM
being facilitated were : UD Cindy Parung, Bogor, West Java. They produced
Bandeng Presto which was SNI certified. There were 9 other UKM who expected to
be SNI certified by end of 2014. “There will be registration fee for UKM, which
is natural. KKP employ experts and testers with salary of Rp6 million per
product and they are paid by KPP. We only help small business [UKM], big
companies have to pay their own fee” (SS)
Business News - December 3, 2014
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