Most food, medicine not 'halal': MUI

Most food, medicine not 'halal': MUI

JAKARTA: Only 12 percent of 7,000 food products and medicine
sold in the country are certified as halal (permitted under
Islamic law) by the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI).

MUI secretary-general Din Syamsuddin said on Tuesday the
council had called on all companies to obtain halal certificates
"in order not to spark anxiety among Muslims".

Din also expressed his concern over certain companies that
claimed their products were halal without presenting them for
tests at the council's directorate of food and medicine research
and study.

The council recommended that people access its website
www.halalmui.co.id to obtain a list of halal products.

Products missing from the list include Bintang beer zero
alcohol, food from Hoka-hoka Bento and bread from Bread Talk. --
Antara