Principally, all food and drinking materials are allowed and lawful to be consumed, except those which have

been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger: He has only forbidden you dead meat, and the flesh of swine and that which any other name hath been invoked besides that of God. (Q.S. 2:173). Any drink classified as khamar or alcoholic beverages, is also prohibited in Islam: They will ask you concerning alcoholic beverages and gambling. Say: In each of them there lies serious vice, as well as some benefits for mankind; yet their sin is greater that their usefulness. (Q.S. 2:219). Moreover, lawful animals can be haram or prohibited in Islam, according to the following Quranic verse: and the strangled, and the dear through beating, and the dead through falling from a height, and that which hath been killed by (the goring of) horn, and the devoured of wild beasts, saving that which ye make lawful (by the death stroke), and that which has been immolated unto idols. (Q.S. 5:3). If these halal animals can be immediately slaughtered by mentioning the name of Allah, before death, then, they can be consumed as usual, except if they are immolated unto idols. In addition to the Quranic verses, guid-

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ance and regulations concerning foods and drinks have also been mentioned in the sayings and traditions of Prophet Muhammad SAW. Any products containing materials categorized halal as described above, and which are prepared and processed in accordance with halal stipulations according to Islamic Shariah, can be submitted to LP.POM-MUI to get Halal Certificate of MUI.

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Halal Certification for any products of foods, drugs and cosmetics is carried out to provide a clear halal status of the products, and hence, they can provide a spiritual tranquility, particularly for Muslim consumers. In addition, for the producers, Halal Certification can prevent any confusions and disputes on the halal status of the commodity produced.

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1.

Halal Certificate is a written Fatwa (religious decree) of MUI

declaring that a product is halal to be consumed in accordance with Islamic Shariah. This Halal Certificate is one of the requirements stipulated in obtaining a legal permit to attach a halal label on the product package from authorized governmental institution.

2. Halal product is a product complying the whole halal requirements in accordance with Islamic Shariah, as follows: a. Having no pork content and its derivative materials; b. Having no khamr (intoxicated materials) content and its derivative product;

c. The whole materials of animal origin must be derived from

halal animals which have been slaughtered in accordance with Islamic Shariah;

d. Having no any other materials prohibited or which is

categorized as najis (filth), such as: carrion, blood, and any materials of human organic origin, urine, excrement, etc.

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e. The whole facilities and equipments for processing, storage, sale, display and transportation for halal products are not allowed to be used for any products containing pork and any other non halal products. If concerned facility has ever been used for such prohibited products, then it must be cleaned first in accordance with Islamic Shariah procedures, before using i t for halal products. Using the facility for halal products and products containing pork by turns is strictly prohibited.

3. The holder of Halal Certificate of MUI must be responsible to maintain the halal status of commodity produced.

4. Halal Certificate of MUI can not be transferred to any other organizations.

5. Expired Certificate and its copy can not be used for any purposes at all.

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IV. HALAL ASSURANCE FROM THE PRODUCER

Before applying Halal Certificate for any commodity produced, the producer is stipulated to prepare a Halal Assurance System with the following conditions:

1. The Halal Assurance System must be documented clearly in detail, and becoming the policy of company management.

2. Such Halal Assurance System must be described in the form of

Halal Manual, describing the system of Halal management applied by the producer, and the Halal Manual itself must also be functioned as a fixed reference in implementing and maintaining the halal status of the product.

3. The producer further technically details the Halal Manual in a Standard Operating Procedure to control any critical process to assure the halal status of the commodity produced.

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4. Both Halal Manual and Standard Operating Procedure must be socialized and tried-out through the whole parts of the company, so that the management of all levels, from the top management up to employees of lower level can deeply understand .the way of producing halal products properly.

5. The Halal Assurance System and its implementation must be controlled and evaluated properly through a system of internal halal audit that is established and applied by the company.

6. Coordination on the implementation of such Halal Assurance

System is conducted by a Team of Internal Halal Auditors. Its members representing the whole parts relating with halal production must be established by the company. The coordinator of Internal Halal Auditors Team must be a Muslim.

7. Detailed description of such Halal Assurance System must be referred to the Guide Book for Establishing Halal Assurance System published by LP.POM-MUI.

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1. Producer must register all products it produces in a certain

location, and it registers the whole factories producing any products with the same brand. In case of toll manufacturing, if any, it must be produced in a company which has obtained halal certificate.

2. Any producers applying for Halal Certificate for their products

must fill a form provided by LP.POM-MUI. The form must be filled out with the information and data concerning the company, type and name of product, and materials used, and it is attached with:

a. Specification describing the origin of materials, composition and processing line, and/or Halal Certificate for the raw materials used, ingredients and supporting materials, the list of raw materials, product matrix vs. materials, and the scheme of processing line on the products. Halal Certificate for imported materials must be from the institutions issuing Halal Certifying which have been recognized and accepted by LP.POM-MUI;

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b.

Halal Certificate of Explanation Letter concerning Halal

Status of any products from Local LP.POM-MUI (for local products), or Halal Certificate from Islamic Institutions which have been recognized and accepted by LP.POMMUI (for imported products), for any materials made of animal origin, its derivatives, and any other complex products;

c.

Documents on Halal Assurance System which has

been described in Halal Manual, with the Fixed Standard Operating Procedure.

3. Auditor Team of LP.POM-MUI will perform a field auditing process directly to the producer location, after receiving the completed form and its attachments from the applicants.

4. The result of such auditing with the result of laboratory test,

then evaluated in Auditor Team Meeting of LP.POM-MUI. If it has been completed, then, the meeting results will be reported and submitted to the Fatwa Commission Meeting of MUI to discuss and decide the halal status of the products.

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5. The Fatwa Commission Meeting of MUI can reject the report of

audit, if i t has not met the whole requirements stipulated.

6. After the halal status of the product is decided by Fatwa

Commission of MUI, a Halal Certificate will be issued by MUI.

7. Halal Certificate is valid for 2 (two) years, since the date of issuance, and the Halal Certified Company must follow a proper procedures for its renewal.

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1. LP.POM-MUI will send an official letter to the applicant company, to arrange a field auditing. The letter contains auditing schedule and other administrative stipulations to be met by the company.

2. LP.POM-MUI issues an Assignment as well Mandatory Letter

containing the following points: a. b. c. Names of Auditor team; Date of Auditing Auditing scopes for the Auditor team

3. On the appointed date, a team of Auditors which have been completed with the Assignment/Mandatory Letter and Identity Card will perform a field auditing right to the company location. During the auditing process, the producer is re-quested to disclose any required information transparently.

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4. Auditing process itself covers the following aspects:

a.

Management of Halal Assurance System established by

the producer;

b. Documents and specifications concerning the origin of

materials, ingredients, and the process flow and/or their supporting halal certificates, if any, also all documentation of purchasing, material stock, product formulation, and other related documents completely;

c. Field observation covering the whole process of production,

from receiving materials, processing, packaging, up to warehousing. d. Sampling is conducted limitedly, when it is required, on any suspected materials containing pork and its derivates, human organs, and alcohol.

5. Field auditing: a. Auditing is conducted right in the production location;

b. Auditing is conducted in every factory/branch for the

company having several factory locations or branches, also covering toll manufacturing;

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c.

Repacking products or any products registered by the

distributor are audited right in their factory location (in the country of origin for imported products); d. Any products which their raw materials are in the base form, which are produced in other location or purchased from other part(s), where the applicant of Halal Certificate just performs a simple and further product processing, such as dilution process (flavor, for instance), or quality standardization, the auditing is, then, conducted up to the location of the base product. The urgency of further auditing for additional products will be determined later.

6. Auditing is conducted at the running time of product processing with the following conditions:

a. If the products audited are many with different types, then, not every product must be in product processing at the time of auditing. They can be represented adequately by any type of products according to each category. But the team of auditors must examine the whole formulation of the products through the database of the product and the documents of product processing completely.

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b. If, at the time of auditing, the company can not run any product processing at the whole capacity of production scale, then, the auditing can be conducted at limited capacity of laboratory scale. And if the product processing has been running normally, then, there must be re-auditing to observe the concordance of such product processing between the full capacity of production scale and laboratory scale which had been audited previously. .

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1. Halal Certificate is valid only for two years, while for the meat imported/exported, a Letter of Notification is provided for each shipment of import/export.

2. Three months before expiring date of the Halal Certificate,

LP.POM-MUI will send a specific letter to remind the producers for renewal.

3. Two months before the expiring date, the producers must make a new application for renewal.

4. Any producers which have not renewed their Halal Certificate are not allowed to use the Halal Certificate anymore for any purposes, and they will be removed from the list of Halal Certificate holders which are published through Jurnal Halal magazine of LP.POM-MUI.

5. If the Halal Certificate is lost, then, the holder must make an immediate report to LP.POM-MUI.

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6. Halal Certificate issued by LP.POM-MUI belongs to LP.POM-MUI

specifically. Therefore, for any stipulated reasons, LP.POM-MUI has a specific right to draw the certificate, and the holder must give it back to LP.POM-MUI. 7. Any decisions of MUI based of the Fatwa of MUI can not be interrupted.

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1. The company is obliged to sign up an agreement letter to receive any immediate investigation any time without prior information, by LP.POM-MUI. 2. The company is obliged to provide a specific report on internal auditing periodically every 6 (six) months, after receiving Halal Certificate.

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IX. PROCEDURES FOR RENEWAL OF HALAL CERTIFICATE

1. The producer re-fills an application form provided by LP.POMMUI.

2. Filling in the form must be adjusted in accordance with the current condition.

3. Any modification on the raw materials, additional and supporting materials, and product categories must be informed to LP.POM-MUI.

4. The producer is obliged to re-complete the list of raw materials, matrix of product versus materials, specification, halal certificate and flow chart of the latest production processing.

5. Auditing procedures for this renewal process are conducted similarly with that of the first application for new product.

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1. Halal Certificate of MUI for Newly Developed Products: a. Any Product Development conducted by the holders of MUI

Halal Certificate must be reported to LP.POM-MUI;

b. If the new products developed are different with the product

categories which have been obtaining Halal Certificate of MUI, then, the product must be registered as a new product, and it has to be processed properly following stipulated procedures to obtain Halal Certificate in general.

c. The new product categorized as similar type with the product having Halal Certificate of MUI, must be informed to LP.POM-MUI. Such information must contain additional data and the name of product, completing with the specifications and the copy of purchasing order of materials. The data will be studied further by LP.POM-MUI to determine the next process.

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2. Procedures for Destroying Prohibited/Unlawful Materials If

there are any products or materials to be destroyed, since they are prohibited/ unlawful, then the destroying action must be witnessed by the internal auditor, and completed with a re-port which is acknowledged by the top management/director of the company. The copy of such destroying report, then, is sent to LP.POM-MUI. The decision on the urgency and requirement of destroying any materials is made by LP.POM-MUI through an official letter sent to the company formally.

3. Listing of Materials

On the last stage of halal certification process, the companies will be requested to make a newest list of materials which have been accepted by LP.POM-MUI after auditing, to be submitted to Fatwa Commission Meeting. If there is no objection of Fatwa Commission Meeting to the list, Director of LP.POM-MUI will give an approval. The material list, then, will be loaded into data base of LP.POM-MUI, as a join reference both by the company as well as LP.POM-MUI.

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