The Food and Drug Supervisory Agency monitors sorghum development to achieve food security in Indonesia

Mojokerto, East Java (ANTARA) - The Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) will monitor efforts to develop sorghum to achieve national food security through food diversification to prevent dependence on rice as a source of carbohydrates. One of the efforts made by BPOM is through a workshop entitled "Security, Quality, and Nutrition Guarantee Workshop for Sorghum-Based Processed Food" to also commemorate the 2023 World Food Day. "We initiated a workshop to integrate efforts from upstream to downstream for sorghum diversification. Sorghum is not only consumed as fresh food but can also be processed," Head of BPOM, Penny Lukito, stated at the event in Mojokerto, East Java, on Thursday . This monitoring effort was conducted to achieve food security in Indonesia. If control from the upstream side is not optimal, then development on the downstream side cannot be carried out, as raw materials in the exact quantity and quality are not available, she explained. On the other ...