REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Vice President Jusuf Kalla assessed that current rice which is circulated and is known as the plastic rice does not exist. He believed the rice is not derived from plastic as expected by the public.

"Do not give a term that make people later wrongfully arrest person. I guess I am sure not plastic as the plastic that we know it. What I read, I have seen, it is always said that the rice is clear," said Kalla at the Vice President's office, Jakarta, on Tuesday, May 26.

According to him, the rice which colored translucent was not rice plastic. He gave examples of the TeKaD rice which is made of cassava, muts, and corn. He also asked the public to remain calm and not worry about the circulation of rice which is said as a plastic rice.

Previously, Minister of Trade Rachmat Gobel assessed the circulation of rice plastic case is related to the activities of surveillance products available in the market. This issue could be understood primarily in terms of the sellers.

"We have to control the products and goods in the market. In this case the trader should be responsible for the goods it sells. So, he (the seller) should know where the products he sells," said Trade Minister Rachmat Gobel in Boracay, Aklan , Philippines, on Sunday, May 24.

According to Rachmat, related with fake rice issue, the government will attempt to set back all the trademarks of the products imported into the Indonesian market.

"So, we have to address this issue wisely. Management of traditional markets have to be rearranged so that if there is a problem, we can find who the manufacturer of the product," he said.

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