This legal writing entitled the Effectiveness of Supervision by Medicine
and Food Supervisory Institution(BPOM) on the Circulation of Traditional Herbs
Containing Medicine Chemical Compounds Circulated in Yogyakarta. The
problem emerged was how traditional herbs containing medicine chemical
compounds of which had been prohibited but still circulated and what barriers
faced by Medicine and Food Supervisory Institution in the implementation of its
supervisory, thus in the case of there is a fault or violation conducted by the
businessmen and bring suffer to the consumers, thus this legal writing intended to
comprehend the mechanism of supervision conducted of Medicine and Food
Supervisory Institution(BPOM) on traditional herbs containing medicine chemical
compounds and to comprehend the legal protection to the society in the case of
violation towards their rights as consumers. The type of this legal research was
empirical legal research. The method of analysis used in this research was analysis
by comprehending and arranging sentences of which had been systematically
collected, meanwhile for the reasoning process in drawing conclusion it used
inductive reasoning method. The result of this research was traditional herb
containing medicine chemical compounds which had been prohibited is
appropriate to the Regulation of Minister of Health Number
246/Menkes/Per/V/1990 in Chapter VIII of Article 39 and Article 40 on
Prohibition in Traditional Herb Industry. By reason principally traditional herb
containing medicine chemical compounds results side effect that harms the
consumers’ health. In addition it should be given sanction to the businessmen
violating the existing regulation.