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Medical devices also need to pass Halal certification
2025-05-15
The Halal or non-Halal status of a material is not fully specified in the Halal standards.Therefore, a more in-depth review is necessary to determine whether the product contains non-halal or unhygienic ingredients.
As we all know, after going through various stages of certain technology, the content of the product can no longer be seen with the naked eye.It’s no surprise that almost every product has a ban threshold.This is the possibility that the product may have non-Halal status.
“Laboratory testing is not the primary method of determining the halal status of a product.It may be that the final product does not contain unclean ingredients.But if we follow the process, we may find porcine-derived materials involved in production,"
In addition to medicines, medical devices are also subject to Halal certification.Act No. 33 of 2014 on Halal Product Guarantee (UU JPH) stipulates that medical devices must meet the requirements of the Act.
Article 4 of the law stipulates that products entering, circulating and trading in Indonesia must be halal certified.Medical devices fall into this category.
“Several medical devices are intended to be implanted in the body.For example, sometimes from animal heart rings or surgical threads,” said Dr. Dra, Director of Pharmaceutical Production and Distribution at the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia (Kemenkes RI).Agusdini Banun Saptaningsih, Apt., MARS.
There are many key ingredients in the production of pharmaceuticals and medical devices.Critical points must be verified and assessed for compliance with certification standards.This can be seen from the materials used, the production process, to the facilities used.
In pharmaceutical production, commonly used materials include active ingredients, excipients, auxiliary materials, cleaning agents, and media for verifying cleaning effects.During pharmaceutical processing of elixir dosage forms, ethanol is used, for example.There are two types of ethanol.From the perspective of the liquor industry, it is unclean and illegal.Meanwhile, it remains to be seen whether other sources of ethanol, such as corn fermentation, are clean or permitted.
Another example, in the form of a solution, is the use of syrups, which use spices.There can be many kinds,We can't see everything on the label, so we need to understand the workmanship and materials.
Solid dosage forms such as capsules also have a high defect threshold.Most capsule shells are made from gelatin.The largest sources of gelatin come from cow or pig hides or bones.Some claim they can produce gelatin from fish or seaweed, although this market share remains small.
Similar to solid tablets, one of the auxiliary ingredients used is magnesium stearate.The origin of the stearic acid used may be animal or vegetable.If it comes from animals, you must ensure that it comes from halal animals slaughtered according to halal slaughtering standards.
The pharmaceutical industry is rarely aware of the critical points for mandatory validation of media.According to Muslich, in some cases, vaccine production uses vaccine seed growth media, one of which comes from pigs.The same thing often happens during the production of microbial products, which often use growth media, such as drugs, to stimulate the formation of red blood cells and glycoproteins.
In the final product, no porcine DNA will be found, but the product has been exposed to harmful substances that have contaminated it.
The same is true for production facilities.All facilities that come into contact with materials or products must be free of contaminated matter.If you have come into contact with unclean things, you must perform halal purgation.