Indonesian halal product assurance body still not fully effective after three years
The country took a major shift in halal certification in October 2019, but how has the transition worked?
Jakarta: Indonesia embraced a major shift in its halal certification space on 17 October 2019, transitioning from LPPOM MUI into the Halal Product Assurance Agency BPJPH with the body having made “significant progress” in terms of speeding up and simplifying the halal certification process.
Subandriyah, BPJPH co-ordinator of halal registration, said the number of applications submitted and halal certificates issued had increased in the last three years. In 2019 there were 498 applications and two halal certificates issued; the following year this shifted to 11,888 applications and 5,654 certificates.
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