Jakarta, Oct. 6 -- The National Food Agency (Bapanas) stated that the government will reprocess 29.99 thousand tons of rice that have deteriorated to improve its quality before being distributed to the community.

Director of Food Vigilance at Bapanas, Nita Yulianis, stated that the 29.99 thousand tons of rice comprises around 3 thousand tons of locally-produced rice and 26.89 thousand tons of imported rice.

"Rice whose quality has deteriorated will be reprocessed to improve its quality before distribution," she said at a regional inflation control meeting here on Monday.

Yulianis noted that state-run logistics firm Bulog needs to regularly test the quality of government rice reserves to ensure the rice distributed to the community is s...