Indonesian Food and Drug Authority

Indonesian Food and Drug Authority
Badan Pengawas Obat dan Makanan; BPOM
	Logo of Badan POM
Agency overview
Formed	1936
Preceding agency	Directorate General of Drug and Food Control of Ministry of Health;
Jurisdiction	Government of Indonesia
Headquarters	Jl. Percetakan Negara No.23, Central Jakarta 10520, Indonesia
Agency executive	Penny Lukito, Head of BPOM;
Website	www.pom.go.id

The Indonesian Food and Drug Authority (Indonesian: Badan Pengawas Obat dan Makanan, lit. 'Agency for Drug and Food Control'), Badan POM/BPOM, or Indonesian FDA is a government agency of Indonesia responsible for protecting public health through the control and supervision of prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceutical drugs (medication), vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, dietary supplements, food safety, traditional medicine and cosmetics. The task and purposes of this agency is similar to the USFDA.

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