Important News! Indonesia Destroys Previously Halal-Certified Products Found to Contain Pork

Indonesia is destroying processed foods that were previously halal-certified but contain pork or pork ingredients.

In May this year, PT Catur Global Sukses destroyed processed foods containing pork or pork ingredients in West Jakarta. The head of Indonesia's Halal Product Assurance Agency (BPJPH) witnessed the event, accompanied by the deputy for halal product assurance development and oversight and the head of halal product assurance supervision.

BPJPH head Ahmad Haikal Hasan said: "The destruction of these products is a continued withdrawal from circulation, because prior government oversight by BPJPH and BPOM proved, based on laboratory-test results, that these products contained pork or pork ingredients."

Ahmad Haikal Hasan said the withdrawal of the goods from circulation was carried out under Indonesia's Government Regulation (PP) No. 42 of 2024 on the implementation of the halal product assurance sector. Destroying products that fail to meet halal standards is a responsibility borne by business operators under the regulations.

In addition, the BPJPH head reminded enterprises that a halal certificate reflects the halal standard prescribed in the halal product assurance system. It must be implemented consistently throughout the halal-product process, so that products always remain halal. To ensure this, oversight must be carried out.

In fact, oversight of halal product assurance is not only the government's responsibility; every enterprise audited by Indonesia's BPJPH appoints an internal halal supervisor, whose duty is to oversee that the factory's production follows halal-production-system standards. SINOQUAL also reminds factories that, even after obtaining a certificate, the production process must strictly follow halal-production-system standards, continuously maintain halal status, and meet the compliance requirements of importing countries.