Food Safety Training Bar Raised: Participants Now Required to Attend over 80% of Mandatory Learning Hours

The National Agency of Drug and Food Control (Badan Pengawas Obat dan Makanan – “BPOM”) recently issued Regulation  No. 32 of 2025  (“Regulation 32/2025”) on the Organization of Food Safety Training (“Training”), which officially came into force on 16 December 2025.[1] The enforcement of this new framework has simultaneously resulted in the repeal and replacement of Regulation No. 16 of 2021 (“Regulation 16/2021”), which addressed similar areas to Regulation 32/2025 but was considered to no longer be in line with recent legal developments and evolving organizational needs.[2]