Jakarta, MINA - The Halal Product Assurance Organization (BPJPH) has encountered many obstacles in achieving the full goals of Halal certification, as the Government Regulation (PP) and PMA provisions have not yet been implemented.

In response, Yanis Musdja, head of the Indonesian Halal Products Foundation (YPHI), said that the challenges facing the newly established body are very complex, because it will have to deal with industry players who do not want Halal certification.

Yanis said on Thursday (October 19) at the Indonesia Halal Lifestyle Exhibition and Conference (INHALEC) in Jakarta: 'Amid disputes occurring among the ministries, the regulation has not yet been announced.'

According to him, pharmaceutical companies have visited the Ministry of Health, urging them not to apply Halal certification to drugs. According to Yanis, the reason drugs are sold on the market is that their Halal status is questionable and some are even prohibited. Therefore, if drugs are automatically certified, manufacturers will find it difficult to produce their drugs.

He added that such considerations are a source of dispute within the government, so the government regulation has not yet been linked to BPJPH. In fact, the original goal was that BPJPH should have started working as early as 2017.

'Due to many disputes, BPJPH was only just established, almost a year late,' he said.

FAQ

Why did Indonesia's BPJPH Halal certification body encounter obstacles in achieving its certification goals?
According to the head of the Indonesian Halal Products Foundation (YPHI), BPJPH encountered many obstacles while the Government Regulation (PP) and PMA provisions had not yet been implemented, because it had to deal with industry players who did not want Halal certification, and there were disputes among the ministries with the regulation not yet announced. For example, pharmaceutical companies lobbied the Ministry of Health not to apply Halal certification to drugs. These disputes caused BPJPH to be established almost a year late (it was originally planned to start working in 2017).