{"id":2607,"date":"2025-07-18T10:14:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T01:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/souqtimes.com\/?p=2607"},"modified":"2025-07-18T10:14:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T01:14:22","slug":"bpjph-chief-announces-mandatory-halal-certification-for-food-and-beverage-products-beginning-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/souqtimes.com\/ja\/trade\/2607\/","title":{"rendered":"BPJPH Chief Announces Mandatory Halal Certification for Food and Beverage Products Beginning 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Starting in 2026, micro and small enterprises (MSMEs) will be required to obtain halal certification for their products, according to Ahmad Haikal Hasan, Director of the Halal Product Guarantee Administration Agency (BPJPH).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During a working session with the DPR RI&#8217;s Commission VIII at the Senayan Parliamentary Complex on Monday, July 14, Haikal explained that the certification requirement extends beyond food and beverage items to include various other product categories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>&#8220;We have announced that 2026 marks the implementation year for mandatory halal certification of non-food and non-beverage products,&#8221;<\/em> Haikal stated during the meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Broader Product Categories Included<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The certification mandate will encompass several additional product types that require special consideration for processing in the upcoming year, including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pharmaceutical products and health supplements<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cosmetic items<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chemical products<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Genetic engineering products<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Haikal specifically mentioned corn as an example of genetic engineering products that will fall under the new requirements. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>&#8220;Regarding genetic engineering, we conducted a site visit to corn harvesting operations last month. Given that corn has become part of genetic engineering under national programs, this will also be a priority area for us,&#8221;<\/em> he explained.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><b>Extended Coverage Areas<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The halal certification obligation will also apply to textile manufacturing and office supplies, according to Haikal. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>&#8220;This includes textiles and writing materials. Even medical equipment used in hospitals will be covered, not just food products<\/em>,&#8221; he noted.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The comprehensive approach reflects the agency&#8217;s commitment to ensuring halal compliance across diverse industries, moving beyond traditional food and beverage sectors to encompass a wide range of consumer and industrial products.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Original Article:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">VOI. (2025, July 17). Indonesia has 1,844 halal-certified restaurants. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">VOI.ID<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/voi.id\/en\/economy\/495082<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting in 2026, micro and small enterprises (MSMEs) will be required to obtain halal certification for their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2608,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[17,142,842,1542],"class_list":["post-2607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trade","tag-bpjph","tag-halal-economy","tag-halal-industry-growth","tag-indonesian-restaurants","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/souqtimes.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/souqtimes.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/souqtimes.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/souqtimes.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/souqtimes.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2607"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/souqtimes.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2609,"href":"https:\/\/souqtimes.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607\/revisions\/2609"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/souqtimes.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/souqtimes.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/souqtimes.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/souqtimes.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}