Overview

The Indonesian Government is continuing to encourage and promote growth within the country’s halal product sector and is hopeful that the relevant business actors will provide a positive stimulus for the national economy as they work in compliance with applicable regulations and implement good governance mechanisms.[1] Recently, Vice-President Ma’ruf Amin, stated that the overall development of the country’s halal industry ecosystem is being aggressively promoted in a bid to turn Indonesia into a global halal center.[2] In the hope of accelerating the development of this ecosystem,[3] and as specifically mandated under Law No. 11 of 2020 on Job Creation (“Job-Creation Law”),[4] the government has now issued Regulation of the Government No. 39 of 2021 on the Organization of Halal Product Guarantees (“Regulation 39/2021”).[5]