PENGAWASAN BPOM DALAM PEREDARAN OBAT TRADISIONAL ILEGAL DI KOTA PADANG

Abstract

The BPOM supervisor's duty is to protect consumers to ensure that the outstanding Medicines and Foods meet the standards, and product distribution permits and law enforcement actions. At this writing, the writer focuses on illegal traditional medicines which are monitored by BPOM to protect consumers. The problems raised in this thesis are: (1) What is the Implementation of the Tasks and Authority of BPOM in the Distribution of Illegal Traditional Medicines in Padang City? (2) What is the form of BPOM supervision in the distribution of illegal drugs in the city of Padang? (3) What are the efforts taken by BPOM to Prevent Distribution of Illegal Traditional Medicines in Padang City? This research uses a type of juridical sociological research. The data used include primary and secondary data. Data collection techniques in the form of interviews and data documents. Data were analyzed qualitatively. From the results of the study show that, (1) BPOM's duties include supervision of business actors, supervising before, being, and after the circulation of illegal traditional medicines, (2) BPOM forms of supervision there are three stages, namely premarket, posmarket, follow-up research results , (3) BPOM's efforts are issuing public warnings about violations of illegal traditional medicine circulation, providing facilities for consumer complaints, monitoring business activities, fostering security for traditional medicines.

Keywords: BPOM, Consumer Protection, Traditional Medicines, Illegal.