Bogor, West Java, Nov. 14 -- Minister of Trade Budi Santoso announced that the government has tasked food-related state-owned enterprises with distributing Minyakita, the government-backed cooking oil brand designed to provide consumers with affordable prices.

"Most of this cooking oil will be distributed by food SOEs such as Bulog and ID FOOD," he said in Bogor District, West Java, on Friday.

Santoso stated that his ministry is preparing a regulation to strengthen Minyakita distribution management. He said the draft has been finalized and is now awaiting harmonization.

He noted that the upcoming rule will revise Trade Minister's Regulation No. 18 of 2024 on packaged palm cooking oil and the governance of people's cooking oil.

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