JURIDICIAL ANALYSIS TOWARDS LAW NO. 8 YEAR 1999 CONCERNING CONSUMER PROTECTION (Research towards Distribution of Foods and Goods at Supermarkets in Tanjungpinang city)

Protection towards consumer is not only goverments duties, nevertheless business actors as well as much also intervene in protection consumers. In the course of fulfill the life goods, human are inseparable from basic daily needs, where it is traded in traditional and supermarket. Based LPPOM MUI database, there is still so many product that has not had a halal certificates. The formulation of the problem of this research is how the juridical analysis of Law No. 8/1999 concerning Consumer Protection against the distribution of food and goods in supermarkets in Tanjungpinang City. This research method uses the normative juridical method with the legislation and sociological approach. The research located in several supermarket that placed in Tanjungpinang. The focus of this research is snacks, can foods, and household products in several supermarkets in Tanjungpinang. Based on the research that have been authors did, the authors conclude that there are still many food products that are not in accordance with the provisions in Article 8 paragraph (1) of Law No. 8/1999 concerning Consumer Protection, including food products that do not include a halal label, are not in accordance with SNI standards, there is no information language. For this reason, according to the opinion of the writer, it is necessary to improve supervision of the circulation of food products and goods in supermarkets in Tanjungpinang City