PERLINDUNGAN HUKUM KONSUMEN TERHADAP PEREDARAN PRODUK VAKSIN PALSU
Abstract
In the Law 1945 the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia article 1 paragraph (3) affirmed
that the State of Indonesia is a state of law. In addition, in the General Explanation of the 1945
Constitution on The System of State Government, it is explained that: Indonesia is a country based
on law (Rechstaat) is not based on mere power (Machstaat). Laws are formulated to regulate and
protect the interests of the community and to protect human rights. The need for law to provide
Indonesian Consumer Protection is inevitable, in line with one of our national development goals,
namely protecting the Indonesian nation and all Indonesian blood (the opening of the 1945
Constitution paragraph IV). In this study, the author focused on the formulation of the problem "How
is the legal protection of consumers against the circulation of counterfeit vaccine products?". This
research aims to find out the legal protection of consumers against the circulation of counterfeit
vaccine products. While this research method is Normative Juridical. Referring to the formulation
of the issue regarding the protection of consumer law against the circulation of counterfeit vaccine
products, the Author concluded that the regulation of the circulation of vaccine products according
to the consumer protection law is Consumer Protection regulated in Law No. 8 of 1999 the
understanding of consumer legal protection is all legal certainty to provide protection to consumers.
Supervision of the Food and Drug Administration (BPOM) in the circulation of vaccines is one of
the biological products categorized as high risk products, so it requires special consideration and
attention and stricter supervision than drug products in general. Legal settlement efforts on fake
vaccines are carried out in two ways, namely through the general judiciary and outside the court.
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