The Principles of

Halal Food

Presented by : Ir. Lukmanul Hakim, M.Si.Director of LPPOM MUI and President of WHFC

Halal is a part of Muslim Consumer Right

Food Paradigm :1. Fit for human consumption2. Safe for human consumption3. Halal for muslim consumption

Costumer Satisfaction/Requirement

Halal Trade 640 million Dollar

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•Food Safety•Quality Standard •Healthy & Functional Food

•Halal •Back to Nature •Food Additives concern•Label•Convenience

Local & Global Trade

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• Halal means allowed or lawful.

In the case of diets and foods, most of them are considered to be halal unless they are specified or mentioned in the Qur’an or hadits

• Haram means prohibited or unlawful.

In Islam, Haram foods means unlawful to beconsumed .

HALAL – HARAM Definition

Sources :

1. Al Quran is the Holy Book of Islam as the first position of Islam legal sources andthe culmination of God's revelation, which is organize both religious and everydaylive affairs of Muslim people.

2. Al Hadits is the Prophet Muhammad sayings and deeds. Hadith as a source oflaw in Islam is the second position below the legal sources of the Quran.

3. Ijma is consensus, that is, acceptance of a matter by a specified group of people. In Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) the matter on which ijma' is of interest are related to syariah and to muslim community

4. Qiyas is the extension of a Shariah ruling from an original case (Asl) which is state in Quran or Sunnah to a new case (Far'), because the new case has the same effective cause (Illah) as the original case (Asl)

5. Fatwa is Islamic legal opinion about law status of a certain case.

Basic Rules of Halal

Halal Concept

1. Al Baqarah: 168“O ye people! Eat of what is on earth, Halal (lawful) and Thoyyib (good); and do notfollow The footsteps of the Evil One, For he is to you an avowed enemy.”

2. Al Maidah: 3“Forbidden to you (for food) Are: dead meat, blood, The flesh of swine, and that Onwhich hath been invoked The name of other than Allah; That which hath been killed bystrangling, Or by a violent blow, Or by a headlong fall, Or by being gored to death;That which hath been (partly) Eaten by a wild animal; Unless ye are able to slaughterit (in due form); That which is sacrified On stone (altars); (Forbidden) also is thedivision (of meat) by raffling with arrows: that is impiety.”

3. Al Baqarah: 219“They ask you about wine and gambling. Say, ‘In them is great sin and benefit forpeople. But their sin is greater than their benefit.’ And they ask you what they shouldspend. Say, ‘The excess.’ Thus Allah makes clear to you the verses that you might givethought”.

The Importance of Halal Certification in Indonesia

1. Indonesia is the largest Muslim community in the world. Muslim's Population in the World.ppt

2. Indonesia become one of the highest halal trade and invesment destination. McKinsey Report.ppt

3. Halal is the sensitive issue and part of Muslim Consumer Rights : in Indonesia on 1988 there was a sensitive issue about products that contained pork which made Muslim consumers refrain from consuming those products , resulting most companies had to stop their production.

4. The existing Halal certification process has been well implemented and many F&B producers in Indonesia has certified its products. Total Halal Certificate.doc

5. Currently, Government with the parliament is preparing a new Law on Halal product assurance (RUU JPH)

Who Play Role

Halal Certification in Indonesia?

1. LPPOM MUI

2. MUI Fatwa Committee

3. Company/Producer (coordinated byInternal Halal Auditor Team)

Two Authority Bodies for Halal Certification in MUI:

1. LPPOM MUI (The Assessment Institute for Food, Drug and Cosmetic,

The Indonesian Council of Ulama) is an institution formed by MUI to run MUI function in protecting muslim consumers in consuming products of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.

LPPOM MUI assists the company for scientific perspective.

2. MUI Fatwa Committee is one of MUI committees whose task to

produce an Islamic legal opinion about law status on certain case. Members of fatwa committee are representative of Islamic organizations in Indonesia.

MUI Fatwa Committee for the Islamic Law (Syariah) perspective.

MUI’s Role in Halal Certification

Terminology

in Halal Certification Process

Halal CertificationHalal Certification is a process to obtain halal certificate through several steps to prove that materials, production process and Halal Assurance System are comply to the standard of LPPOM MUI.

Halal CertificateHalal Certificate (HC) is a written fatwa issued by MUI to state the halalness of a product based on auditing process performed by LPPOM –MUI.

Halal Assurance SystemHAS is an integrated management system which is establish, implemented, and maintained to manage materials, production processes, products, human resources, and procedures in order to maintain the sustainability of halal production process in accordance with LPPOM MUI requirements.

Terminology in Halal Certification Process (Cont’d)

FatwaFatwa is Islamic legal opinion about law status of a certain case. In halal certification process, fatwa output is the halal or haram status of product(s) based on auditing process conducted by LPPOM – MUI.

Auditor of LPPOM MUIAuditor is a person assigned by LPPOM – MUI through a selection process including his/her competency, quality, integrity and pass training to conduct halal audit. Auditor is a representative of ulama and a witness to find facts on halal production of a company. Auditor must have a competency in science and technology related to food, chemist, Biochemist, etc.

Internal Halal AuditorInternal Halal Auditor is staff(s) officially appointed by company management to coordinate implementation of HAS.

Remark

1. Halal for Muslim is a must 2. Halal is a requirement of Muslim

consumer become a global requirement

3. Due to technology the process product gas to be determine the halalness

4. Scientist and Ulama are the team to determine the halalnessof the process food

5. Halal Certificate is prove for the halalness of the product

6. The system to support the consistency of halal production is needed to set up and implement in the company

MUI Halal Certificate

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Muslims make up a majority of the population in 49 countries around the world. The country with the largestnumber (about 209 million) is Indonesia, where 87.2% of the population identifies as Muslim. India has theworld’s second-largest Muslim population in raw numbers (roughly 176 million) though Muslims make up just14.4% of India’s total population.

Source : Factank, News in the Number ( June 7, 2013)

McKinsey report

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