Indonesia’s House of Representatives calls on gov’t to speed up work on national halal certification body
Photo: A woman serves her customers as they buy food for iftar at Ramadan, at a food market in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 29, 2017. REUTERS/Beawiharta
Fri June 16, 2017 | 5:53pm | JAKARTA
The government must speed up its work of finalising the decree for the launch of the national halal certification body, the House of Representative’s social and religious affairs commission chairman Ali Taher Parasong told Salaam Gateway.
“The launch of the Halal Products Certification Agency (Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Produk Halal, BPJPH) depends on the government timeline to finish the decree,” said Parasong.
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