INDONESIA - HALAL - Bogor hosts fair to increase Halal awareness in Indonesia

Living up to its reputation as the first halal city in Indonesia, Bogor is currently holding a Halal Fair aimed at promoting halal food produced in line with the specific guidelines outlined in Islamic law.

The three-day festival, which was launched yesterday (June 27) and runs till tomorrow, is participated by 55 small- and medium-scale enterprises. (source)

HALAL - MUI to set single national halal standard

JAKARTA: The Indonesia Ulema Council (MIU) says it will set a single national standard for certifying halal food to replace 41 world-class institutions promoting different standards in Indonesia.

The MUI’s food, medicine and cosmetics analysis body (LPPOM MUI) head Lukmanul Hakim said that the 41 institutions had different standards, with only eight referring to the MUI.

“The different standards lie, for example, in pork usage. There are countries that see gelatin as halal, while MUI does not. Indonesia has every right to set our own standards for consumer protection,” he said as quoted by tempointeraktif.com news portal.

FASHION - HALAL - Islamic beauty: Can halal cosmetics outgrow their niche?

 By Martina Fuchs