The Instagram account @dewinurizza has become the talk of social media in Indonesia after the user posted a couple of photos showing that she was sold plastic rice in Bekasi.
The photos were uploaded to Instagram on May 18. The user, who according to her Instagram photos own a nasi uduk store, says she had to shut her store yesterday because of the plastic rice.
The caption in the above photo described how she bought the rice from her usual supplier at an undisclosed market for the usual price. But after she cooked it, the rice, although appearing edible, felt tough, like it was only half-cooked, when eaten.
@dewinurizza also wrote that she plans to report her supplier to the Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI).
It’s difficult to jump to any conclusions about the validity of @dewinurizza’s claims based only on the pictorial evidence above. On top of that, it’s quite unclear what exactly she’s trying to point at in the photos and there doesn’t seem to be much of a difference between the “beras asli” (real rice) and “beras palsu” (fake rice), at least to the naked eye.
@dewinurizza hasn’t replied to another user’s comment asking her if the rice she bought was lab tested.
But if her claims are true, then this is really worrying for us in Indonesia, where food suppliers seem to sometimes really go out of their way to increase their product output through illegal and sometimes hazardous means.
