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        "msgid": "what-do-lapo-and-roast-pork-vendors-think-about-non-halal-certification-1793314229",
        "date": "2026-10-30 05:27:18",
        "title": "What Do Lapo and Roast Pork Vendors Think About Non-Halal Certification?",
        "author": "A.Syalaby Ichsan",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Regulation",
        "summary": "Food vendors in East Jakarta have differing views on a proposed system for labelling non-halal food: one worker says certification should focus on halal products, while another supports clear signs to help customers identify restaurants serving non-halal dishes. The latter says such signs could prevent confusion, particularly among Muslim visitors and people from outside the area, but hopes the government would provide them rather than leaving the process entirely to vendors.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA \u2014 A number of vendors at non-halal restaurants on Jalan\nMayjen Sutoyo in Cililitan, East Jakarta, have differing views on a\nproposal to label non-halal food. Some believe such labelling is\nunnecessary, while others think it could help consumers identify the\ntypes of food on offer.<\/p>\n<p>Vera, an employee at Lapo Codian restaurant, said certification\nshould focus on halal products. In her view, certifying halal and\nnon-halal products alike could confuse the public. \u201cIt would be better\nnot to have non-halal certification,\u201d Vera said at the restaurant where\nshe works.<\/p>\n<p>She also said there was no need for specific rules on labelling\nnon-halal food. Certification, she said, should apply only to products\nthat meet halal requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Geva, an employee at Tiga Serangkai restaurant, which sells roast\npork, expressed a different view. He said he had no objection to the\ngovernment introducing specific signs for restaurants that sell\nnon-halal food.<\/p>\n<p>According to Geva, such signs could help consumers, particularly\nMuslims, who do not know what kind of food a restaurant serves. \u201cSo\nMuslim people don\u2019t just walk in without knowing. Sometimes people from\nout of town don\u2019t know either; they come in thinking it\u2019s a Padang\nrestaurant,\u201d Geva said.<\/p>\n<p>He said customers had sometimes entered the restaurant believing it\nserved other kinds of food. Some only realised this after looking at the\nmenu, while restaurant staff occasionally informed them as soon as they\narrived.<\/p>\n<p>Geva said he would not object if the government provided signs for\nnon-halal restaurants. However, he hoped vendors would not have to\nhandle the entire process of installing them themselves. \u201cIf we\u2019re told\nto make them, we\u2019re a bit reluctant. But if they provide a sign to put\nhere, that\u2019s fine too,\u201d he said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/what-do-lapo-and-roast-pork-vendors-think-about-non-halal-certification-1793314229",
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