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CropLife Asia, EU-ASEAN Business Council, and US-ASEAN Business Council collaborated in the organization of ASEAN Safe, Nutritious Food Public Private Partnership Initiative Workshop on 25 February 2020 at Ritz-Carlton Jakarta. Few EuroCham member companies including BASF Indonesia and Syngenta Indonesia supported the event by speaking in the panel discussion. Agus Ciputra, President Director of BASF Indonesia spoke on farmer’s ability to safely grow and nutritious food. Mirna Mutiara, Business Sustainability Manager of Syngenta Indonesia also shared her perspective on how Syngenta’s products and training programs for farmers could help addressed climate change challenges.

The Directorate of Standardization for Traditional Medicine, Health Supplement, and Cosmetics, National Agency for Food and Drug Control (BPOM) invited stakeholders to share new regulations from their agency related to Traditional Medicine, Health Supplement, and Cosmetics. The event was held on 24 February 2020 and chaired by the Director of Standardization for Traditional Medicine, Health Supplement, and Cosmetics, Mr. Teppy Usia. In this occasion, Ms. Mayagustina, the Deputy for Supervision of Traditional Medicine, Health Supplement, and Cosmetics provided her opening remarks on the importance of feedback from stakeholders. The forum facilitates stakeholders to share concerns related to existing BPOM regulations and raft of regulations in the making.