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The government's obligation to implement halal certification has been regulated by law. Constitution Number 33 of 2014 concerning Halal Product Assurance (JPH) Article 4 states that products entering, circulating, and traded in the territory of Indonesia must have halal certification. However, are all products or materials in circulation subject to the obligation of halal certification?

The Halal Product Assurance Organizing Body (BPJPH) of the Ministry of Religious Affairs stated that not all products or materials circulating in Indonesia must be certified halal. The government has issued the Minister of Religion Decree Number 1360 of 2021 concerning Materials Excluded from the Obligation of Halal Certification. The Head of BPJPH Muhammad Aqil Irham stated in Jakarta (30/5/2024) that this regulation is intended to provide guidance and legal certainty regarding materials that are not required to be halal certified. This is regulated in Article 62, paragraph (2) of Government Regulation (PP) Number 39 of 2021 concerning the Implementation of the Halal Product Assurance Sector.

The ministry stipulates three categories of materials that are exempt from the obligation to be certified halal, with the first being materials coming from nature in the form of plants and mining materials without undergoing processing. Aqil Irham noted, 'This includes materials from plants or non-slaughtered animals without processing, physical alteration, or the addition of auxiliary materials, additives, or other ingredients". Fresh fruits, fresh and dried vegetables, cereals, tubers, nuts, fresh seaweed, corn rice, dried grated coconut, pure coconut, fresh milk, fresh eggs, freshwater fish, frozen, dried or marinated fish are excluded from being halal certified.

In the second category are materials deemed unlikely to contain prohibited substances. These materials include those not originating from nature, as well as chemical products resulting from mining or organic and inorganic synthesis.

The third category consists of materials considered non-hazardous and free from forbidden substances. This category includes chemicals derived from mining and refining processes involving natural materials, as well as those from organic and inorganic synthesis.

Source: https://bpjph.halal.go.id/detail/bpjph-not-all-ingredients-need-to-be-halal-certified

Reference:
PP No.39 Tahun 2021
https://jdih.setkab.go.id/PUUdoc/176351/PP_Nomor_39_Tahun_2021.pdf

KMA No.1360 Tahun 2021
https://cmsbl.halal.go.id/uploads/KMA_1360_Tahun_2021_tentang_Bahan_yang_Dikecualikan_dari_Kewajiban_Bersertifikat_Halal_a6401618a5.pdf