TANGGUNG JAWAB PELAKU USAHA TERHADAP PRODUK MAKANAN TANPA MENCANTUMKAN LABEL TANGGAL KADALUARSA (DI HOME INDUSTRY KECAMATAN BATANG TUAKA KABUPATEN INDRAGIRI HILIR)

Abstract

The increasingly rapid development of technology is currently influencing
production activities so that they are able to meet the increasing and diverse
needs of consumers. On the one hand, increasing the use of more advanced
technology can benefit consumers because their needs will be easily met with a
variety of choices. On the other hand, increasingly sophisticated technology does
not always produce products that comply with safety standards that can be
consumed by consumers and often harms consumers. Like home industry business
actors engaged in buying and selling food products. Home industry business
actors sell food products that do not include expiration date labels in order to
make a profit by not providing clear information to consumers.
This type of research can be classified as empirical legal research or what
is usually called sociological research. With the research location being at the
Food and Drug Monitoring Center (Loka POM) and Home Industry, Batang
Tuaka District, Indragiri Hilir Regency, the population and sample are all parties
related to the problem under study. This research uses data sources in the form of
primary data and secondary data, and data collection techniques are carried out
by interviews.
From the research results it can be concluded that. Firstly, as regulated in
Article 19 of the UUP.. Second, there are legal remedies that consumers can take,
namely through litigation and non-litigation. The advice from the author is:
Firstly, business actors in running their business should show good faith and
provide clear information regarding the goods and/or services being distributed
and try to pay attention to consumer rights and obligations as business actors and
the need for additional human resources as needed to be able to improve
performance of the Food and Drug Monitoring Station. Second, consumers should
be more careful in purchasing and consuming food products to avoid danger.
Keywords: Home Industry-Expiration Date-Responsibility.