Starting from October 18, 2024, Street Vendors to SMEs Must Have Halal Certification

"Starting from 18th October 2024, Street Vendors and MSMEs are Required to Have a Halal Certificate."

Dream - The government will require street vendors to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that are large enough to have halal certificates. Head of the Center for Halal Registration and Certification of the Halal Product Guarantee Organizing Agency (BPJPH) of the Ministry of Religious Affairs, Siti Aminah, said that the mandatory halal certification policy will start on October 18, 2024. "Starting from October 18, 2024," said Siti quoted from Liputan6.com, Thursday, February 1, 2024.

"Required Business Categories"

Siti mentioned the category of business that will be subject to the provisions.

Among them, food and beverage products, raw materials, additives, and auxiliary materials. Halal certification is also required for slaughtered products and slaughtering services.

Starting from October 18, 2024, Street Vendors to SMEs Must Have Halal Certification

"The implementation of halal obligations for food products, beverages, slaughtered products, slaughter services, raw materials, additives, food-related auxiliary materials,"

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It is known that the government also has a free halal certification program that is funded by the state and companies for SMEs.

"Previously, Siti Aminah strongly advised Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to immediately register for halal certification before October 17, 2024. Because, if by that deadline MSMEs have not obtained halal certification, they will be subject to several sanctions. This warning is specifically targeted at entrepreneurs who sell three types of products."

"There will be administrative sanctions for businesses that are not halal certified. We will see what the reasons are, why until now it has not been halal certified."

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The translation of the given 'Bahasa' text to 'English' while preserving any HTML tags is as follows: "As for the products, they include food and beverages; services for animal slaughter and its resulting products; as well as raw materials, food additives, and auxiliary materials for food and beverage products, all of which require a halal certification list."

According to him, if the person is a micro small business owner and does not have the cost, then they will be facilitated. However, for medium-large business owners, there will be no tolerance. This means that sanctions will still be imposed after October 17, 2024, referring to Government Regulation Number 39 of 2021.

"The other sanction is that the product cannot circulate. So if it does not have a halal certificate, the product is not allowed to circulate anywhere. So on October 18, 2024, if there are non-halal products, they must include a symbol or writing indicating that the product is non-halal. So that sanction will be implemented on October 18, 2024," said Siti.

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