four forms of commitment have been introduced and these must be fulfilled by Household Food Industries in order to ultimately secure SPP-IRT

Regulation 1/2024 has now removed the explicit obligation for AHP applicants for imports and exports of narcotics to be State-Owned Pharmaceutical Wholesalers. However, all narcotics importers and/or exporters must first secure special permits for these activities from the Minister of Health

Individuals and business entities that engage in the cosmetics business sector are still obliged to ensure that all cosmetics products that are manufactured domestically and/or imported into Indonesia fulfill the applicable technical requirements (i.e. safety, efficacy and quality requirements). Currently, the fulfillment of said safety and efficacy requirements must be proven via laboratory testing and/or other relevant identified or empirical references. However, the Draft Regulation now obliges the quality requirements to be proven through laboratory test results that comply with the applicable laws and regulations.

The Draft Regulation includes various provisions that specifically address the withdrawal and destruction of food products. These provisions specifically address the revocation of Business Licenses to Support Business Activities

Food and beverage products that are produced by certain types of F&B Product businesses are required to be halal certified

This new regulatory framework revises various requirements and procedures that relate to the registration of herbal medicines by relevant business actors so that they can secure distribution permits. Among a number of significant changes that have now been introduced, the Regulation has reclassified the herbal medicines category to now include traditional remedies (jamu) and other types of herbal medicines (i.e. imported, exported, licensed and other types of domestically produced herbal medicines)

The adjustment of said Raw Materials encompasses a broad range of arrangements, including the following lists of components, as set out under Appendices I - IV: 1) Contaminants; 2) Active ingredients; 3) Solvents used to extract active ingredients; and 4) Additional ingredients. Meanwhile, in terms of finished products, laboratories that are operated by marketing companies that have been endorsed by BPOM may now organize laboratory testing

PB-UMKU must be secured for all domestic and imported processed foods, including food additives and products that are intended for market testing, although certain exemptions to this requirement are available. PB-UMKU remain valid for five years and can be extended through processes of re-registration.

The government is currently preparing an implementing regulation to Law No. 17 of 2023 on Health, which will contain a broad range of provisions that specifically address the implementation of the new law. Despite the broad range of matters that it will tackle, the public spotlight is currently being shone on a number of provisions that address addictive substances and various restrictions that relate to the sale of products that contain addictive substances.

The readjustment of said Prohibited Raw Materials breaks down as follows: 1) Ingredients that derive from biological resources (from 165 to 156 ingredient types); 2) Ingredients that are prohibited for use in compounds in processed foods (from 35 to five ingredient types). Meanwhile, 45 Prohibited Ingredients are listed under the new regulation, including: 1) Boric acid and related substances; 2) Dulcamara; 3) Chloramphenicol; and so forth