en.malanginspirasi.com – The Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) has issued a regulation prohibiting businesses from claiming BPA-free on their packaging labels if the packaging contains no BPA at all, such as polycarbonate (PC) plastic packaging.
The reason is that this is considered misleading because it leads consumers to believe the product is superior to its competitors.
Director of Processed Food Standardization (SPO) at BPOM, Dwiana Handayani conveyed this statement.
She cited BPOM Regulation No. 1 of 2022 concerning Supervision of Claims on Processed Food Labels and Advertisements.
“Yes, that’s correct, that’s in accordance with BPOM regulations,” she said in a written statement received by InfoPublik on Sunday (June 7, 2026).
She emphasized that the BPA issue has been resolved.
Therefore, she continued that BPOM has no further comment on the BPA issue.
“We have no further comment. The regulations have been finalized. The BPOM regulations clearly state that producers are prohibited from claiming on their labels that their product packaging is free of substance A, when the packaging itself does not contain substance A at all,” he said.
Furthermore, she continued, producers are prohibited from including claims that exploit consumer concerns.
Nevertheless, BPOM regulations also prohibit producers from including claims that could lead consumers to consume a type of processed food incorrectly.
As is known, Article 100 of Law No. 18 of 2012 concerning Food requires that every commercially traded food label contain accurate and non-misleading information about the food.
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Meanwhile, Public Policy Observer Trubus Rahadiansyah believes that manufacturers claiming BPA-free on product labels that actually contain no BPA are manipulating or spreading false news.
“The actions of these manufacturers are seriously misleading consumers. So, that’s actually a violation of the law,” he concluded.
According to him, the manufacturers’ actions clearly violate Article 28 paragraph 1 of the ITE Law, concerning the dissemination of false or misleading news that causes harm to consumers.
“Of course, there must be firmness in this matter from the BPOM. Therefore, BPOM must require them to state on the label the actual contents of the packaging, not what they say is missing,” he said.
He also sees the potential for business competition in this case, exploiting consumer concerns. For example, regarding the BPA issue, many manufacturers have ended up claiming BPA-free on their product labels.
“This will clearly damage the market for competing products that use BPA-containing packaging. So, the BPA-free label is intentionally placed on the packaging to undermine competitors’ products. After all, if the packaging they use doesn’t contain BPA, why would they claim BPA-free on the label? It’s strange, isn’t it?” he exclaimed.
