International Halal Certification

It is necessary to promote the dissemination of Indonesian halal certification to the international community. We need to build a dialogue about halal standards with other countries.

KOMPAS/ISMAIL ZAKARIA

The employees make cookies in the production room of the Nutsafir Lombok business, which is engaged in food processing based on local agricultural grains in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) in Mataram, Thursday (1/7/2021). Businesses engaged in the halal industry face various challenges, from the Lombok earthquake in 2018 to the pandemic in 2020.

As a country with the largest Muslim population in the world, Indonesia has great potential to become a major exporter of halal food and beverage and fashion products.

However, until now, Indonesia has only been a market for halal products from other countries. We, therefore, need to take a number of steps to turn the country into a major producer and exporter of halal products. One way is to improve halal certification with international standards.