Through cooperation with related institutions, LPPOM MUI hopes to make it easy for SMEs to conduct halal certification. One of the areas they will help to make easier will be the halal certification audit for the slaughterhouse.
To improve the halal certification services for entrepreneurs, particularly the Small and Medium Industry (SMI), Central Java, MUI LPPOM continue to cooperate with relevant agencies . In this case, especially with the existing institutions in the Central Java Provincial Government. Some of them with the Director General of the Directorate of Food Industry Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), the Ministry of Industry, and the Department ofIndustry and Trade of Central Java Province.
This was stated by the Head of the Secretariat of the Institute for Food, Drugs and Cosmetics(LPPOM) Java MUI, H. Sukirman, S.IP. He also added that cooperation in the halal certification process was also made with the Cooperative Central Java province and Prop Husbandry Department. Java. Especially in auditing sertifkasi halal to slaughter chickens and animals (Slaughterhouse / RPH), owned by the local government in the area of ??Sragen, Karanganyar, Wonosobo and Ungaran.
LPPOM MUI Director of Central Java Province, Prof. Dr.H. Muchoyyar HS, MA., Megungkapkan said that during the year 2011 there have been about 70 SME certification process is assisted by the agency in the region. Compared with the number of companies that have diserrtifikasi, according to Muchoyyar the figure is still relatively small. However, he remains optimistic that the future number of companies that are certified halal in Central Java will continue to increase.
This optimism is based on the fact that many companies voluntarily submit to the halal certification process of LPPOM MUI Central Java . They realize that the halal certification has been an added value for their products in order to compete in the market.
“Awareness of the Muslims to consume halal products continues to increase. So it stands to reason that the employers should also be targeting this market by providing halal products,” said Muchoyyar.
Muchoyyar also added that cooperation with several agencies is essential. He said that most SMEs find it difficult to meet the specified requirements and can not afford the financing aspect. Therefore, he expects other relevant agencies to participate in order to help finance the halal certification process for SMEs, so that they can compete in the consumer products market.
