TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The Chair of Fatwa Division at Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), Asrorun Ni’am Sholeh, stated that American goods entering Indonesia do not require halal certification under a trade agreement between the Indonesian government and the United States.
However, he mentioned that products entering Indonesia must have halal certification. The requirement for halal certification is nonnegotiable, even for the U.S. government. This obligation is regulated in Law Number 33 of 2014 concerning Halal Product Assurance.
“The law stipulates that all products entering and circulating in Indonesia must have halal certification,” he said in an official statement on MUI…