Indonesia launches free halal certification programme for small businesses
JAKARTA – The Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs launched a free halal certification programme last month called Sehati, which aims to target 15,000 micro and small businesses (MSBs) by the end of 2021. The programme ultimately aims to target one million MSBs, according to Mastuki, the Acting Chairperson Halal Product Guarantee Agency at the Ministry of Religious Affairs.
“This year we allocated 10.8 billion Rupiah ($760,563) from the state budget for the program, up from last year's free halal certification budget of Rp 8 billion ($563,380), Mastuki told Salaam Gateway. “This year, in addition to 3,200 MSBs with regular halal certification mechanism, we want to see a five-fold increase to 15,000 MSBs.”
“Next we want to almost double it to at least 25,000 MSBs, and in the long run as the Minister said himself, we want to reach at least 1 million MSBs. It is possible to achieve this once the Halal Inspection Agency (LPH) is established massively across local government offices,” he added.
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