Category: Indonesia

Indonesia: RI becomes world’s halal standard reference

World Halal Council will set a halal label standard, referring to Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore.

Jul 26, 2010 | 0 comments View Post

Jakarta: Soaring Sales, Profits From Halal Products Attract Firms to Expo

After operating for nearly three decades, cosmetics maker PT Ristra Indolab this week received halal certification, motivated by rising interest in products deemed suitable for Muslims.

Jul 25, 2010 | 0 comments View Post

Indonesia: Two brands of meningitis vaccine halal, says MUI

Muslims previously used a vaccine produced by GlaxoSmithKline, which the MUI said contained traces of pig products and had been declared haram, for pre-hajj vaccinations.

Jul 21, 2010 | 0 comments View Post

Indonesia: Mandatory Halal Could Boost Trading Power

Indonesia has the world’s largest population of Muslims, but halal certificates issued by the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) are not obligatory, including for food products.

Jul 02, 2010 | 0 comments View Post

Indonesia Intends to Become Halal Products Center

The Indonesian government plans to hold a product education and promotion event titled The First International Halal Business and Food Expo or IHBF Expo. The event scheduled on 23-26 July is the right medium to promote halal products and services.

May 20, 2010 | 0 comments View Post

Jakarta: Indonesia to hold Halal food expo 23-25 July 2010

A UNIQUE food and business exposition will be launched to make Indonesia the ‘World Halal Center.’
The first Indonesia International Halal Business & Food Expo (IHBF) 2010, will be held in the Jakarta Convention Center July 23-25 this year. It will showcase and promote halal food products of Indonesia.

Apr 27, 2010 | 0 comments View Post

Jakarta: City Residents to Consumer ASUH Chicken

The Jakarta City Administration will distribute ASUH (Safe, Health, Intact, and Legal) chicken meat. It can be brought from poultry slaughtering house referenced by the government. Legal or halal certificate sticker will be be put on the cover. It is aimed to reduce consumer worry about chicken meat product.

Apr 23, 2010 | 0 comments View Post

Indonesia: MUI presses abattoirs on halal process

The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) pressed the Jakarta administration to ensure that city-appointed centralized poultry abattoirs observed halal procedures. A few weeks before the administration enforces regulations to scrap all poultry abattoirs from inner city areas, questions remain about how the administration will manage the processing of large numbers of chickens in its five appointed abattoirs.

Apr 04, 2010 | 2 comments View Post

Bimp-Eaga Business Council to aid SMEs in export marketing

THE Bimp-Eaga Business Council (BEBC) will be promoting the private sector’s initiative to market their products outside the growth area, which covers provinces and states in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. The council said in a statement it will extend marketing assistance through trade fairs, business networking and road shows and through prominent online posting for greater market exposure.

Apr 01, 2010 | 0 comments View Post

Indonesia seeks ties on energy, halal with Brunei

INDONESIA wants to boost energy and halal ties with Brunei, a visiting official yesterday said, citing Brunei’s expertise in the two fields. Dr Anggito Abimanyu, deputy to Indonesia’s Minister of Finance and acting head of the Fiscal Policy Office, said his government is particularly interested in developing ties with Brunei with regards to the mining of natural energies such as geothermal energy.

Mar 16, 2010 | 0 comments View Post

Non-alcohol drinks should get halal certification: Ulema Council

The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) said Tuesday that non-alcohol drinks were not necessarily halal (allowed under Sharia law), and still needed MUI halal certification. “They sometimes contain ingredients like taurine, pepsin, gelatin, active carbon or coating,” executive director of the Cosmetics and Drugs Monitoring Institution at the MUI, Lukmanul Hakim, said as quoted by Antara news agency.

Mar 10, 2010 | 0 comments View Post

Halal Certificate a Concern in Tourism

Jakarta:The Director General of Tourism Destination Firmansyah Rahim has said that food hygiene and halal certificates have started to impact the tourism industry.

Mar 05, 2010 | 0 comments View Post

Industry Minister optimistic exports to Egypt to grow 20 pct

Jakarta – Industry Minister MS Hidayat has predicted that Indonesia`s
non-oil/non-gas exports to Egypt will grow by around 20 percent this
year. “Our main
exports to Egypt include furniture, `halal` food and beverages, as well
as electronic goods which we are now trying to produce in greater
volumes,” he said.

Jan 15, 2010 | 0 comments View Post

Halal certification group under fire

An
Islamic group seeking to offer New Zealand businesses a “globally
recognised” halal certification is being criticised by the NZ
Federation of Islamic Associations, which says the Southeast Asian
organisation does not have the resources to do inspections here.

Reza Khedmati, director of Al-Rasoul Halal Certification, said the
company had been set up to offer New Zealand exporters an
“internationally accepted halal certification” as a result of problems
encountered with Islamic countries.

Jan 11, 2010 | 0 comments View Post

Most local food not officially halal: MUI

The
Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) says the majority of food products
circulating on the Indonesian market have not passed official halal
certification.

“Of
around 30,000 food products circulating in Indonesia, around 80 percent
do not have an official halal certificate,” MUI Food and Drug Analysis
Agency (LPPOM MUI) director Lukmanul Hakim said as quoted by detik.com
at his office in Jakarta on Wednesday.

Jan 07, 2010 | 0 comments View Post
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