BPOM Updates Provisions on Import Supervision of Food and Drug Materials

In an effort to update the legal framework for the import supervision of food and drug materials (collectively referred to as “Materials”),[1] the National Agency of Drug and Food Control (Badang Pengawas Obat dan Makanan – “BPOM”) has finally issued Regulation No. 26 of 2022 on the Supervision of Imports of Food and Drug Materials into Indonesian Territory (“Regulation 26/2022”), which repeals and replaces the previous framework of Regulation of BPOM No. 29 of 2017 and its Amendment (collectively referred to as “Regulation 29/2017”).[2]