Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia\u2019s Quarantine Agency (Barantin) and the\nHalal Product Assurance Organising Agency (BPJPH) are exploring\ncooperation to ensure that commodities entering Indonesia meet health\nand halal requirements.<\/p>\n
Head of Barantin, Abdul Kadir Karding, stated that such cooperation\nis necessary because products that pass quarantine inspections still\nneed to be verified for halal compliance.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are working together to ensure that materials or commodities\nentering Indonesia must be guaranteed on two fronts. First, they must be\nhealthy, and second, they must be halal,\u201d Karding said at the Indonesian\nQuarantine Agency office in Jakarta on Monday.<\/p>\n
He explained that the cooperation includes harmonising regulations\nbetween Barantin and BPJPH.<\/p>\n
This integration also encompasses joint actions in oversight across\nall stages of goods entry.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will establish data integration, including joint actions,\nparticularly in pre-border, at-border, and post-border phases,\u201d he\nsaid.<\/p>\n
He emphasised that Barantin is authorised to ensure the health and\nquarantine aspects of commodities entering Indonesia.<\/p>\n
Karding added that his agency only verifies that incoming commodities\nmeet health standards, while determining halal status falls under\nBPJPH\u2019s authority.<\/p>\n
Head of BPJPH, Haikal Hasan, stated that data integration between the\ntwo institutions will help the government identify incoming commodities,\nincluding their halal or non-halal status.<\/p>\n
Babe Haikal, as he is affectionately known, explained that this\nintegration will utilise the information systems or dashboards owned by\neach institution.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, he emphasised that all products entering Indonesia can\nstill circulate as long as they comply with labelling requirements,\nnamely that halal products must display a halal label, while non-halal\nproducts must be labelled as non-halal.<\/p>\n
\u201cNon-halal food should be given a non-halal logo. Everything can\nenter because we are a free country, but halal ones should be given (a\nhalal logo), and non-halal ones should be given (a non-halal logo),\u201d\nsaid Babe Haikal.<\/p>\n
This labelling policy aims to provide information certainty for\nconsumers while ensuring transparency in the circulation of products\ndomestically.<\/p>\n
The cooperation between the two agencies is expected to enhance the\neffectiveness of oversight and provide assurance to the public regarding\nthe safety and halal status of products circulating in Indonesia.<\/p>\n
Barantin records that the value of commodity exports undergoing\nquarantine actions in 2025 reached approximately Rp393 trillion, with a\ntotal of more than 2.6 million quarantine certification documents\nthroughout the year.<\/p>\n
This value demonstrates the strategic role of quarantine in\nsupporting international trade, while ensuring that outgoing and\nincoming commodities meet health and biosafety standards.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/barantin-and-bpjph-explore-collaboration-on-halal-import-commodity-oversight-1777877570", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }