Fact Check: Pork Bone Flavored Ramen Has Halal Logo from MUI

Dream - A circulating photo shows a Japanese pork bone flavored ramen product with a halal logo from MUI. The post is accompanied by the following narration:

"Demo tuh MUI dah jelas tertulis ada pork bone kok di cap HALAL !!"

Investigation

After investigation, the halal logo found on the ramen packaging photo is not the halal logo from the Indonesian Ulama Council (MUI).

The halal logo on the product is the halal logo from NAHA (Nippon Asia Halal Association).

However, the logo is fake and NAHA has confirmed that they have never labeled the product as halal.

Quoted from the NAHA website, in an article titled "Emergency Alert: Fraudulent Use of NAHA Halal Logo," NAHA has never certified the company as halal.

"Even if the product is vegan, our Halal standards clearly state that we do not allow such labels even if all the ingredients and processes are halal. We are currently searching for which company has used this label with our halal sign without our permission," wrote NAHA.

NAHA is a non-profit organization (NPO) established in 2013 and also asks the public to inform any store where this product is sold that the halal logo is fake and a scam.

Conclusion

The MUI halal logo on the pork bone flavored ramen packaging is false or a hoax. In fact, the halal logo belongs to NAHA (Nippon Asia Halal Association) and is fake.

NAHA has confirmed that they have never labeled the product as halal.