The House of Representatives has called on the government and the big players in the jamu traditional herbal medicine industry to do more to help small-scale jamu producers.
"The House's Commission IX calls on the government and the big players to assist the small-scale producers in technical and management issues as well as provide funds," said commission deputy chairman Max Sopacua at a hearing with the Drug and Food Monitoring Agency (BPOM), the Jamu Producers Association, and the Cooperative for Jamu Producers in Cilacap and Banyumas on Monday.
Max was quoted as saying by Antara that jamu was an important tradition for the nation with huge potential to be developed. Technical requirements for jamu producers should be enforced, he added, but they should not restrict the small players.
The spread of jamu with chemical additives has been a topic of debate recently over concerns it could have dangerous health affects.
"It is very dangerous for the people. Despite the fact that it could take the pain away very soon, it could have dangerous side effects such as (causing people to) vomit blood," said BPOM head Husniah Rubiana
The commission has set up a team to take action to solve the problem and to identify jamu with chemical additives, believed to be made by small producers in the Cilacap and Banyumas regencies of Central Java.
Junaedi, a commission member, called on the BPOM to cut the network distributing the chemical ingredients used by jamu producers.
"We hope the cooperation between big producers and the government and the small players will provide the best solution to the problem," he said.
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