Management of Halal Auditors Strengthened: New Registration, Registration Revocation and Termination Procedures Introduced

In 2024, the government issued Government Regulation No. 42 of 2024 on the Organization of the Halal Product Assurance Sector (“ Regulation 42/2024 ”), as an Amendment to Government Regulation No. 39 of 2021 on the Organization of the Halal Product Assurance Sector (“ Regulation 39/2021 ”), which was enacted in order to ensure legal certainty regarding the halal status of products, as evidenced through the securing of halal certification. [1] With the enactment of Regulation 42/2024, all provisions originally set out under Regulation 39/2021 were repealed and declared no longer valid, thereby establishing the more recent framework as the primary legal basis for the administration of halal product assurance. [2]