'Food and Drug Supervisory Agency'), Badan POM/BPOM, or Indonesian FDA is a government agency of Indonesia responsible for protecting public health through the control and supervision of prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceutical drugs (medication), vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, dietary supplements, food safety, traditional medicine and cosmetics.
The predecessor of BPOM was formed during the colonial period and was named de Dienst der Volksgezondheid (DVG).
In 1964, during the Guided Democracy era, DVG was nationalized and became the Pharmacy Inspectorate (Inspektorat Farmasi) of the Indonesian Ministry of Health.
In 1976, it was again renamed the Directorate General Drug and Food Control (Direktorat Jenderal Pengawasan Obat dan Makanan, Ditjen POM).
80/2017, BPOM was tasked to execute government role in the field of drug and food control.