Abstract :
Consumer is one of the important elements in economy, besides producer and product
themselves. They are related each other. The producer needs the consumer in order that
commodity and/or service can be sold completely for smoothing the economy, while the
consumer needs them to fulfill their life needs. In fact, there are so many cases appear due to
unresponsive producers to their consumers. The consumers often get minimal service from
producers who producing and distributing food which contains of dangerous substances like
borax, formalin, etc. Those substances are very dangerous for human body. Because the society
doesn?t know it yet, government?s role is needed here. Writer here tries to analyze about the
consumer protection of dangerous-substances food, based on the positive law in Indonesia; the
law Number Eight Years 1999 about Consumer Protection. The research uses the normative law
research by observing literature materials and interviewing some important informants. The
research will analyze about the responsibilty of the unresponsive producers according to the law
Number Eight Years 1999 and the certain laws set by Board of Medicine and Food Controller
(BPOM), Health Service, Industry Service, and Yogyakarta Consumer Institution (LKY), and
also the efforts to overcome the distribution. The conclusion of these analyses is the
responsibility of the producers is getting sanctions such as being prisoner, paying fine or
retribution, getting warning, withdrawal the exertion permission and even bring along a court.
While in overcoming the food distribution BPOM, Health Service, Industry Service, and LKY are
giving directive counseling, monitoring and inspection to society, producers and even
consumers.