Good afternoon
You may be aware that Indonesia's Law 33/2014 regarding Halal Product Assurance (the Halal Law) and its associated regulations entered into force on 17 October 2019, with a 5-15 year phased-implementation period. Dairy and seafood products will be impacted during the first phase of this new law. Attachment 1 (provided below) contains the list of impacted food and beverage commodities.
The key areas of concern under the Halal Law include halal certification for most goods and the inclusion of services (including transportation), complete segregation of halal products from non-halal products, additional labelling requirements (including the potential for identification of non-halal products), and a new accreditation system for halal certifiers.
To help with the development of the Australian Government's response, we are keen to understand industry's views on the ability to meet these requirements, including:
- Do any of your export products receive halal certification to any export markets? If so, for what markets and which certifiers do you use?
- Does the industry have a view on the appropriate level of government oversight for meeting the requirements of the Halal Law? Whether that be direct Australian government intervention (e.g. through a national certification scheme) or a light touch approach allowing Indonesian authorities to obtain assurances directly from Australian halal certifiers, rather than government?
- If there is a view that government intervention is a preferred option, is industry prepared to fully fund this intervention?
- Do you have any other intel you could share on advice received from importers or halal certifying bodies with regards to the new Halal Law?
It is important that we have an industry view on the current Halal certification system, what works and what doesn't, and the willingness of industry to pay for government oversight of any intervention in this space (if this was a preferred option).
Thank you in advance for your assistance. We would be grateful if you could please respond by 17 February 2023 to dairyeggsfish@aff.gov.au.
Kind Regards,
Dairy, Eggs & Fish Exports team
ATTACHMENT 1
List of impacted food and beverage commodities under the Halal Law
A. Food- Milk and its analogues
- Fat, oil, and oil emulsion
- Edible ice including sherbet and sorbet
- Fruits and vegetables by processing and adding food additives
- Confectionery/candy and chocolate
- Cereals and cereal products that is a derivative product from seeds, cereals, roots and tubers, peanut-nuts and pith by processing and adding food additives
- Bakery products
- Meat and processed meat products
- Fish and fishery products, including molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms by processing
- Processed eggs and processed egg products
- Sugar and sweeteners including honey
- Salt, spices, soup, sauces, salads and protein products
- Processed food for special nutritional needs
- Eat snacks
- Ready -to -eat food
- Preparation food and beverage with processing
- Food additives
- Other material group
B. Drinks- Drinks with processing
- Beverage ingredient group
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