This journal publishes original articles on the latest issues and trends occurring internationally in safety and quality of food and drug to the public health with the aim to disseminate research results and to improve the productivity of scientific publications of the civil servant in Badan Pengawas Obat dan Makanan. This journal also covers the issues concerned with traditional medicine, supplement, and cosmetic. The scope of the Journal includes analytical methodologies and biological activities in relation to food, drug, traditional medicine, supplement, and cosmetic, as well as related disciplines of pharmaceuticals and food technologies.

Article types accepted include review articles, original articles, case reports, and research notes. Besides, the journal regularly carries a Comments and Criticism section which provides a forum for the expression of differing viewpoint and commentary and clarification of topics in published papers.

 

The Journal Editorial Board invites any manuscript addressing a relevant food and drug safety topic that employs an established and recognized scholarly approach and also impacts or is generalizable to national and international populations. Quantitative research reports that employ sophisticated research design (e.g. MANOVAs linear modelling) and qualitative research reports that rigorously follow naturalistic research methods are preferred. One or two-variable tests employing simple inferential statistics (e.g. ANOVA or ANCOVA) and poorly described and argued qualitative research is discouraged. All manuscripts must provide a thorough review of the literature that establishes the research problem or the issue at hand as well as a through the conclusion that addresses the implications and limitations of the research or argument.