Jakarta, March 12 -- Minister of Trade Budi Santoso has appealed to the public to not harbor concerns about the MinyaKita scandal, in which some subsidized cooking oil products failed to meet the government's established quantity standards.

While acknowledging the discovery of unethical practices committed by some producers of MinyaKita oil, Santoso expressed confidence that these incidents do not necessarily represent the entire subsidized cooking oil industry.

"People do not need to panic despite the exposed violations. Yes, we must take action against such deviations, but we assure you that the distribution process continues," he told the public in Jakarta on Wednesday.

Santoso emphasized that the Ministry of Trade, along with the F...