Halal Certification Still Under Indonesian Ulema Council’s Authority After Omnibus Law: Halal Product Guarantee Agency

The management of Halal certification in Indonesia still falls under the authority of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), according to Sukoso, Head of the Halal Product Guarantee Agency (BPJPH), in a written statement issued on the 16th of October 2020.

Sukoso stressed that according to Article 33 of the new Omnibus Law on Job Creation and the Halal Products Guarantee Law (UU JPH), the MUI was still authorised to determine Halal products, adding that Article 33 of Law 33 of 2014 on the guarantee of Halal products was managed by MUI through a Halal fatwa trial.

Furthermore, Article 31(1) of UU JPH related to the time limit of Halal examination of products has been revised in the new...