INDONESIA - HALAL - Indonesia: More imported products declared halal by MUI

www.halalfocus.net - Companies from 37 countries have been granted halal certificates by the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), indicating a growing interest in the halal product business in Indonesia, said an Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) executive on Tuesday.
“It is a good sign that Muslims in Indonesia can consume more imported products, which are safe and in compliance with the Islamic law,” said the Institute for Economic Study, Research and Development (LP3ES) Kadin head, Anaz M Fauzi, during a seminar in Jakarta.  (source)

INDONESIA - HALAL - INDHEX 2012 Indonesia Halal Expo (July 5-8, 2012 Jakarta)

www.halalmui.org - LPPOM MUI as halal certification bodies and the world halal center of the duty to disseminate information to the public about the products certified halal. After the success of Indonesia Halal Expo (INDHEX) 2011, again held LPPOM MUI Halal Expo Indonesia (INDHEX) 2012.

With the theme "Halal is My Life", INDHEX 2012 will be held on June 5 to July 8, 2012 at Exhibition Hall SMESCO Building, Jakarta. In addition to disseminating and promoting halal products, the expo will also be held lawful business meeting of producers, suppliers and distributors of halal (Halal Bussiness Forum), a variety of seminars, workshops and competitions themed halal products will also enliven INDHEX 2012.

INDHEX 2011 was held on 24-26 June 2011 at the House SMESCO Jakarta, attended by 128 companies from within and outside the country dg 8316 the number of visitors.

Detailed information about INDHEX 2012 can be downloaded here.  (source)

INDONESIA - HALAL - LPPOM-MUI launches CEROL-SS23000

www.halalmui.org - Jakarta - To increase the halal certification services, LPPOM MUI halal certification will launch an online service called CEROL-SS23000 (Certification Online Service System 23 000). This launch will be held on Thursday, May 24, 2012 held at Hotel Aryaduta, Tani Monument, Jakarta.

For companies that have been certified halal get an invitation, please immediately take further confirmation. By due to space limitations, only companies that have been repeated to confirm we have received. For more information, please contact the Office MUI LPPOM Baranangsiang 0251-8358748 or 081511915531 with Mr. Halim. (source)

INDONESIA - HALAL - CEROL launch-SS23000; Halal Certification Services Online Fast, And Transparent

www.halalmui.org - Jakarta - Research Institute for Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI LPPOM) launches Online Certification Service System (CEROL-SS) 23000, on May 24, 2012 in Jakarta. Code number 23 000 on the momentum of this system shows that the MUI LPPOM Milad-23 when the system was developed and launched.
 "This system is designed to be able to provide halal certification services with the concept of fast, easy, transparent but still accurate," said Director of LPPOM MUI, Ir. Lukmanul Hakim, M.Sc., in his speech at the Launching (launch) system, which was attended by government officials staeholder of halal-related, such as POM, businessmen from companies that have filed a new and halal certification. (source)

INDONESIA - HALAL - Indonesia: Ulema council launches online halal certification service

www.halalfocus.net - Agency of Indonesian Ulema Council (LPPOM MUI) launched an online halal certification service called CEROL – SS 23000 here on Thursday.
“The CEROL certification system will accelerate the process of halal certification for products and improve the agency`s documentation system,” LPPOM Director Lukmanul Hakim stated here on Thursday.

According to Lukmanul, the online system will ensure the transparency of the halal certification process followed by LPPOM. “The concerned company can follow every sequence of the halal certification online,” he remarked.

Lukmanul explained that a company must go through several stages in order to obtain halal certification for a product. First, the company must register its product with LPPOM, provide complete data regarding the product and pay for the halal certification process. Following this, an officer from LPPOM will crosscheck the data given to the agency with the real condition of the product. (source)

INDONESIA - HALAL - Mayora Commitment of Halal assurance

www.mayora.com -Mayora,as one of the biggest FMCG company in Indonesia, realizes that Halal assurance for its products is one of the essential pillars in producing high quality and safe to be consumed products. This protects not only Indonesian consumers but also global consumers.
From March to April 2012, every factory within Mayora Group took turn in having an audit process, a pre-requisite to get a Halal certificate extension.  (source)

MALAYSIA - HALAL - Business briefing : effective business entry into the Indonesia Halal Market

wwwhdcglobal.com  - Date : 8 May 2012 (Tuesday) - Time : 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm - Venue : Matrade Exhibition Convention Centre, Level 3, East Wing, Menara MATRADE, Off Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur

HDC is pleased to invite all export ready companies and SMEs to attend “Business Briefing: Effective Entry into Indonesia Halal Market.” This will be our second briefing under the same series, whereby the 1st business briefing was held on 14th March 2012 for market entry to Republic of China.

The event is in collaboration with Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) and Indonesian Embassy. MUI will be represented by their Director of LPPOM/MUI, to present a paper on Indonesia Halal certification process and is ready for Q&As relating to issues faced by our exporters on Halal certification requirements for Indonesian market.  (source)

INDONESIA - HALAL - Government Supports the Halal Food Guarantee Bill to be Approved Soon

www.halalfocus.net - Jakarta, dpd.go.id - Still in order to gather views on the Halal Products Guarantee Bill, Committee III again held a Public Hearing (RDPU) on Wednesday (22/02/2012) with guest speaker from the State Islamic University (UIN) Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta and the Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia. On this occasion, RDPU led by Vice-Chairman of Committee III, Moh. Syibli Sahabuddin. (source)

INDONESIA - HALAL - MUI Criticizes NU’s Plan to Draft Halal Certification

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:The Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) has criticized Nahdlatul Ulama’s (NU) plan to draft halal and honesty certifications for its members.

Lukmanul Hakim, MUI’s food, drug and cosmetics study agency’s (LPPOM MUI) director, said it was unnecessary for NU to issue its own certifications because the LPPOM’s halal certificate was transparent and practical. However, he said, the certificate arrangement was subject to fees because the office is not subsidized by the government.  (source)

INDONESIA - HALAL - Jakarta to be World's Halal Food Center

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Jakarta will be a center of the world’s halal food as headquarter of the World Halal Food Council (WHFC) that will be officially opened in January 16 2012.

"The office, located in the MUI (Indonesian Ulema Council) Building, Central Jakarta, will be inaugurated concurrently with the opening ceremony of the WHFC annual meeting," the Director of MUI Food and Drug Analysis Agency (LPPOM) Lukmanul Hakim said in a release received here, Thursday. (source)

INNDONESIA - REGULATIONS - DSN agree equalization gains proposal to a number of conditions

JAKARTA: The National Shariah Council DSN approve the proposed equalization gains when the fund was taken from the bank's results instead of the value of the results that have not been distributed.
Director of Bank Indonesia Sharia Banking Mulya National Shariah Council expresses Siregar (NSP) to evaluate the gains from the proposed equalization fund (Preserve equalisation reserve / PER) taken from the lopsided results have not been divided will diminish the customer.  (source)

INDONESIA - HALAL - MUI remains alert amid China’s barrage of halal products

The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has confirmed a dramatic rise in the number of halal food products coming in from China, but remained skeptical over that country’s developing halal industry.

“The number of halal products from China has increased by 50 to 100 percent since last year,” the MUI’s Food and Drug Analysis Agency (LPPOM) chief Lukmanul Hakim told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.  (source)

INDONESIA - HALAL - Pilgrims uninformed about disease risk

Many Indonesians who travel to Saudi Arabia to perform the haj pilgrimage are not aware that they are required to be vaccinated against Meningococcal Meningitis prior to their departure, the government says.

The Health Ministry’s head of disease control and environmental health, Tjandra Yoga Aditama, said that many Indonesians who traveled to Saudi Arabia on the minor haj pilgrimage, or umrah, or as migrant workers, did not know about the government regulation, due to a lack of information and education about the disease. (source)

INDONESIA - MUI - MUI Slaps Fatwas on Sale of Bank Notes, Fireworks

With Ramadan already into its second week, the Indonesian Council of Ulema has come out to declare two activities popular at this time of year forbidden: Paying to have money changed and the sale of fireworks.

Abdusshomad Buchori, head of the East Java chapter of the council, also known as the MUI, said the sale of small denominations or crisp new bank notes for profit was haram. (source)

INDONESIA - CAPITAL MARKETS - DSN-BBJ Recommend Sharia Commodity

Jakarta, (9 / 8). National Sharia Council (DSN)-Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) in Jakarta Futures Exchange (JFX) to socialize new syariah-based instruments commodity futures exchange, on Monday (8 / 8) in Jakarta. DSN himself has endorsed the fatwa number 82 on trading of commodities based on sharia principles, Friday (5 / 8) yesterday. (source)

INDONESIA - CAPITAL MARKETS - Sharia Commodity Ready After Lebaran

Jakarta (9 / 8) - Now a variety of financial institutions and companies have an alternative transaction in commodity futures exchange that is commodity-based sharia. this fatwa following the legalization of number 82 on Trade by Commodity Based on Sharia Principles of National Islamic Council (DSN)-Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI). (source)

INDONESIA - EVENTS - IHBF Indonesia Halal Business & Food Expo

2nd IHBF. Indonesia is a country where most of the population are Moslem. In 2010, Performax in cooperation with LPPOM MUI held 1st Halal Business and Food Expo in Jakarta (IHBF Expo). We received some feedbacks from various parties, so that this event should not only related to halal food issue, but would be much better if it can link to all aspects of Islamic business in Indonesia.

To that end, in August 12-14, 2011 we will host "Indonesia Halal Business and Food Expo" (IHBF Expo), the theme of "Halal Values ​​In All Aspects of Business". Performax cooperation with the Economic Community of Sharia (MES) and is supported by several Islamic institutions such as the Association of Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals (ICMI), Paramadina Foundation, the National Agency for Amil Zakat, the Ministry of Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and the Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia.

This year, we will feature a variety of institutions and Islamic Institutions, such as Government, Education, State Own Company, Private Company, Publishing, Objects of Islamic art, Insurance and Islamic Financial Institutions, Fashion Industries and Halal Food as well as Islamic culture festival. (source)

INDONESIA - OPINION - Islamic Exchange Traded Fund (Islamic ETF): new instrument on the Islamic capital market

The development of Islamic capital markets in domestic and global markets continued to show positive trends. This is caused by various factors that support these developments. The first factor is the issue of Islamic development which continues to progress very rapidly, so it must be balanced with capital market products in accordance with sharia to respond to market demand. The second factor is the Muslim investors who keep their funds in the stock market, but expect the product must be in accordance with sharia. It becomes something very positive because their awareness of Sharia compliant products require them to invest in shares in accordance with sharia. The third factor is the factor of competitive advantage compared with conventional products.(source)

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 stage halal products expo (24-26 June Jakarta)

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Cosmetic and Food Research Division of the Indonesian Ulema Council (LPPOM MUI) is to hold a Halal Products Expo (Indhex) next June 24-26 at the Smesco building in Jakarta, a source said.

"The exhibition is designed to increase awareness among Indonesian Muslims about the importance of halal food certification," Director of LPPOM MUI Lukmanul Hakim said on Monday. (full story - antara news)