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Indonesia notifies WTO of new halal certification rules
2025-05-15
The Indonesian government2021Year5moon11Notified to the World Trade Organization on2021Year2moon2Passed onHalalProduct Assurance Organization2021Year39Government Regulation No. This regulation updates and sets allHalalA new legal framework for compulsory certification of relevant products and updated implementationHalalProduct warranty regulations. It replaces the previous regulations, 2014YearHalalProduct Guarantee Law. ImportHalalFood, cosmetics, chemicals and biological products are also covered by this regulation.
New government regulations39/2021Adapted to Indonesia2020The first11Law No.(Job Creation Act)Various amendments to theHalalproduct. It replaces2019Year31No. 1 on the implementation of Indonesia2014YearHalalProduct Warranty Laws, which supersede theHalalProduct Assurance and Regulatory33/2014Law No.
No.31/2019No. and39/2021Government regulations are mandatory in IndonesiaHalalPart of the product certification program, covering a wide range ofHalalRelated matters, including food, beverages, medicines, cosmetics, chemical and biological products and other products.39/2021Regulation No.HalalProduct certification and registration obligations and procedures, labeling, nonHalalInformation andHalalThe implementation of the certification provides key provisions.31/2019Compared with government regulations,2021The new regulations revised and significantly expandedHalalThe scope of product assurance regulatory requirements, while still maintaining a similar mandate with respect to the role of authorizing government agencies.
Indonesia was establishedHalalProduct Assurance Agency(BPJPH)As a supervisorHalalThe main body of the product.
Under the new regulations, you must obtainHalalCertified products include goods and services, food and beverages, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, chemicals, biological products, genetically modified organisms and other consumer products.
HalalCertification and Registration
The new Halal standards requirements includeHalalCertification obligations, which generally refer toHalalCertification must cover all products entering, circulating and traded within the Indonesian territory.HalalProducts must provide non-HalalThese regulations also require business actors to comply with requirements such as providingHalalCorrect, transparent and honest information about the product's location, slaughter, processing, packaging and distribution methods, becauseHalalProducts must be compatible with nonHalalIn addition, there is an obligation to appoint Muslim supervisors who are responsible forHalalExtensive knowledge and understanding of product matters, andHalalSupervisor's certificate. In addition, any questions and changes regarding the composition of the material must be sent toBPJPH。
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The new regulations also requireHalalLabels and certificate numbers are affixed to product packaging, certain parts of the product, and/or a specific location on the product, unless the packaging is too small to contain the information, the product is sold to buyers in smaller quantities, or the product is sold in bulk. In addition, the Regulation also mentions that commercial actors are obliged to indicate on product packaging or product components that they are notHalalClear description of the product.
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