Government cq Ministry of Industry (Depperin)

Government cq Ministry of Industry (Depperin) implementing Water In Packaging (AMDK) shall meet the Indonesian National Standard (SNI) from January next year.

It was written in the Regulation of Minister of Industry (Menperin) Number 69 Year 2009 on the SNI (AMDK) are mandatory, which signed on 3 July 2009 by Fahmi Idris Menperin. Regulations, the effect of six months after the signing of the Permenperin.

In regulation was received in Jakarta on Friday, is Menperin Fahmi Idris said the rules were created to encourage increased competitiveness, creating a healthy business competition, consumer safety and preserve the function of the environment.

Menperin set in pelaksanaanya producers must set AMDK and have SPPT SNI-SNI. In addition, they are also required to set one SNI AMDK on each product label or packaging and any posts, and put water or mineral water on each demineral and packaging or label.

For the business that has SPPT SNI-AMDK before the Permenperin must adjust production and SPPT-SNI is based on provisions in Permenperin selambatnya 12 months since this July.

Meanwhile, Chairman of the General Association of Industrial AMDK (Aspadin) Willy Sidharta industry says ready to implement AMDK provision. According to him, the government issued a regulation to ensure that quality assurance AMDK.

He said so far industry AMDK grow well in the middle of the crisis. This year Aspadin estimate the growth performance of 10 percent of the total turnover recorded a year ago 12.4 billion liters.