Mandatory Halal Certification for Medicine, Cosmetics and Consumer Goods in Indonesia: Ministry of Religious Affairs

Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, Indonesia’s Religious Affairs Minister, stated that effective the 17th of October 2021, medicines, cosmetics and consumer goods products will require mandatory Halal certification. The order was included in a regulation of the Government of Indonesia pertaining to the implementation of Halal product insurance. Halal product insurance covers a wide spectrum of categories including foods, beverages, drugs, cosmetics, chemical products, biological products, genetically modified products, and consumer goods.

Why it Matters?

The regulation intends to facilitate the Government’s proposal to issue Halal certification to 15,000 Micro and Small sized Enterprises (MSEs) in 2021, through the Free Halal Certification Programme for...