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When buying products, especially through online, it is important to know the legality and health safety of the products. Probably, some products have the BPOM logo, but there are some products without the BPOM logo. Therefore, the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency or BPOM has made the BPOM Check application and the cekbpom.pom.go.id website to protect consumer safety from hazardous chemicals. Of course, it makes easy for consumers to know whether the product is safe or not to be consumed or used in the body.

Requirements to check products are relatively easy. Consumers only need to input the registration number, product name, brand, until name of the registrant. So, consumers can already know whether the product has been officially registered or not on the official website of the BPOM. The easiest way when checking the BPOM number of a product is to check based on the brand or product name. Meanwhile, if the BPOM number is already printed on the product packaging, the consumer only needs to match the validity of the product information. Because there are also some products that have fake BPOM number, but the products are still circulating at the market.

Consumers, who find facts of forgery in the field, can immediately report to the BPOM. So, the case is immediately followed up. Of course, there are some data which must be filled by the consumer such as identity of the consumer, filling of the complaint, product acquisition address, until uploading the evidence of the product which is suspected of being dangerous. To conduct the complaint, the consumer can visit website https://ulpk.pom.go.id/, just click the menu “Complaining Form”.