Why Halal Certification Is Important in Indonesia

The majority religion in Indonesia is Islam so halal declared in every product is a must.  Claim of halal label will helps the customers choosing products that are halal to be consumed/used or not. As producers, Halal label serves to build consumer trust and loyalty towards their products. In UU no. 43 -2014 for Jaminan Produk Halal, there are some product categories like cosmetics is not compolsury. Otherwise, in UU Jaminan Produk Halal stated "Produk yang masuk, beredar, dan diperdagangkan di wilayah Indonesia wajib bersertifikat halal" so thus claim is a guarantee for consumers that the product is safe from non- halal category and the producers comply with procedure Jaminan Produk Halal.

What Products Need Halal Certification

According to the rules in Pasal 68 PP No. 31 - 2019,

Goods that must be certified halal are:

1. Food and Drink
2. Drug
3. Cosmetics
4. Chemical products
5. Biological products
6. Engineering products
7. Goods

How To Get Halal Certificate?

LPPOM MUI is the primary parties whose issued Halal Certificate. Customers will get the Halal Certificated if they already follow the registration and passed the audit. This audit can be a site audit or a virtual audit. Several companies with good track records like PT. Cedefindo will convenience of the audit process that can be done ondesk caused we already get the A result for 3x in a row.

There is some preparation to get Halal Certification, as below:

1. The company must have PIC (person in charge) whose responsible and understand the Halal Certification Requirements by participating in the HAS 2300 Halal Assurance System Training. Training organized by LPPOM MUI either through e-training or regular training.
2. Implementing the Halal Assurance System. In the Halal Assurance System, companies are required to implement 11 Halal criteria, including having a Halal Management Team, halal policies, preparing critical procedures related to HAS, carrying out internal audits, and reviewing.
3. Register online through www.e-lppommui.org there we have to fill in some product data that we will register.
4. Do paid of halal certification fees (consisting of registration fees and product halal certification audits)
5. Audit process by appointed auditor (can be on site audit or on desk audit)
6. Monitoring pre-audit and post-audit to see if there is a lack of data requested from the auditor.
7. If the audit documentation are passed and fulfilled, Halal Certificate will issued and marked by the Komisi Fatwa from MUI.

Then What Is the Relationship Between Halal Certification and Business Opportunities for Brands?

The answer to this question will be answered in the session

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