MUI to hold 'halal' food expo

MUI to hold 'halal' food expo

The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) will hold a halal
(permitted by the Islamic laws) food exhibition at Istiqlal
Mosque on Jan. 18 to 22.

Aisyah Girindra, director of MUI's Institute of Food, Drug and
Cosmetics Assessment, said that the exhibition will display
various products from a number of food, drug and cosmetic
companies.

Speaking after delivering a halal certificate to noodle
producer PT Asia Inti Selera over the weekend, Girindra said that
the exhibition is aimed mainly at popularizing the halal food
products.

The halal certificate was handed over by MUI chairman K.H.
Hasan Basri to Jacob Antung, president of PT Asia Inti Selera,
the Antara news agency reported.

Jacob said that as a food producing company, PT Asia Inti
Selera stresses the importance of the certificate as part of the
company's responsibility to the consumers. (hhr)