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        "msgid": "mandatory-halal-certification-delayed-mui-urges-public-to-continue-buying-halal-products-1792518655",
        "date": "2026-10-21 00:07:00",
        "title": "Mandatory Halal Certification Delayed; MUI Urges Public to Continue Buying Halal Products",
        "author": "",
        "source": "VIVA",
        "tags": "berita",
        "topic": "Regulation",
        "summary": "The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has urged consumers to keep choosing products bearing halal labels after the government postponed mandatory halal certification from 2026 to 2028. MUI says the delay could leave consumers less certain about product status and argues that the certification requirement protects Muslims\u2019 rights, while the government cites the broad scope of implementation involving millions of businesses and multiple industries.",
        "content": "<p>The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has urged the public to continue\nbuying and consuming products bearing halal labels, and to avoid\nproducts without them, after the introduction of mandatory halal\ncertification was postponed from its originally planned 2026 start to\n2028.<\/p>\n<p>MUI Deputy Chairman Muhammad Cholil Nafis said the council regretted\nthe delay to the certification requirement.<\/p>\n<p>He said the postponement could reduce consumers\u2019 certainty when\nbuying and using products, including medicines and other goods. The\nrequirement was intended to make it clear to the public which products\nare halal and which are not.<\/p>\n<p>Cholil said the delay was linked to Muslims\u2019 right to practise their\nreligion.<\/p>\n<p>Without the mandatory requirement, businesses would not be obliged to\nobtain halal certification and would face no sanctions for failing to do\nso, potentially making it harder for consumers to determine whether\nproducts on the market are halal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is why, even if the government does not implement this, people\nshould still buy products with a halal label, because it is a religious\nobligation and is not dependent on legislation,\u201d Cholil said.<\/p>\n<p>Asked whether the delay could affect the development of the sharia\neconomy and finance, Cholil said halal certification was fundamentally\nnot just an economic issue, but a matter of Muslims\u2019 right to certainty\nabout the halal status of the products they consume and use.<\/p>\n<p>Cholil also said all the supporting arrangements for halal\ncertification were in place, including the Halal Product Assurance\nAgency (BPJPH). However, he said the decision to delay implementation\nwas a government decision.<\/p>\n<p>Given Indonesia\u2019s Muslim-majority population, MUI said there should\nbe no reason to postpone mandatory halal certification again,\nparticularly if the country aims to become a global halal hub.<\/p>\n<p>The government announced the adjustment to the phased implementation\nperiod for mandatory halal certification in a press release on Friday\n(16 October), through the Coordinating Ministry for Economic\nAffairs.<\/p>\n<p>The government said it recognised that implementing mandatory halal\ncertification covered a broad range of activities and involved millions\nof businesses and multiple industrial sectors.<\/p>\n<p>The requirement is based on Law No.\u00a033 of 2014 on Halal Product\nAssurance, as amended by Law No.\u00a06 of 2023. Its implementation is\nfurther governed, among other regulations, by Government Regulation\nNo.\u00a042 of 2024 on the Administration of Halal Product Assurance.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/mandatory-halal-certification-delayed-mui-urges-public-to-continue-buying-halal-products-1792518655",
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