Inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. Minister of Environment Hanif Faisol Nurofiq confirmed that no radioactive contamination was detected at the Surabaya-based clove export facility operated by PT NJS, which had been flagged by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for possible Cesium-137 exposure.
“For the clove case in Surabaya, we found no contamination at the factory,” he said Friday night (3/10/2025) after signing a Mutual Recognition Agreement with global carbon standard Verra in Jakarta, as reported by antaranews.com.
A report from the Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency (Bapeten) showed radiation levels at the site ranged from 0.04 to 0.07 microsieverts, a natural background level. Minister Hanif, who also leads the task force on Cesium-137 risk management, stressed the facility remains safe pending inspection of re-imported goods returned from the U.S. on September 30.
The FDA had earlier suspended PT NJS’s spice exports after raising contamination concerns. Similar alerts were issued on frozen shrimp exports from another Indonesian firm. Authorities continue cleanup at a separate site in Banten where Cesium-137 traces were confirmed.
(mg/inp/pr/rs)
