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Special Topic│How should domestic pharmaceutical companies cope with the mandatory halal certification regulations in the Indonesian market?
2025-05-22
According to IndonesiaHalal Product Guarantee (According to the JPH Act, products entering Indonesia for circulation and trading must be halal certified.industryand medicines,Mandatory Halal CertificationDepend onPresidential Regulation No. 6 of 2023 stipulates thatallDrugs, biological products and medical devices entering Indonesia for circulation and trading, must go throughHalal certification, with IndonesiaBPJPH certificate。
From this we can see thatAs with food and beverages,pharmaceutical industryHalal certificationAlso veryUrgent. According to Islamic law, consuming halal medicinesFor MuslimsyesOneobligation.
according toIndonesiaAct No. 33 of 2014,pharmaceutical industryHalal certificationWillPhasedconduct。Government Regulation No. 39 of 2021detailedIt stipulates the stages of Halal drug certification,The details are as follows：
1. Traditional medicines and health products must be halal certified between October 17, 2021 and October 17, 2026；
2. Over-the-counter drugs and limited-quantity over-the-counter drugs mustexistHalal certified between October 17, 2021 and October 17, 2029；
3. Prescription drugs, except psychotropic drugs, must be halal certified between October 17, 2021 and October 17, 2034；
4. 2021 to 2034，Biological products, including vaccines, are regulated by presidential regulations.
IndonesiaData of LPH LPPOMshow,from2017start, the number of pharmaceutical companies applying for halal certificationPresentContinue to increase year by yeartrend, but forIndonesiaHuge market demand, with halal certificationPharmaceutical raw material supplybusinessStill few, which has the greatest demand in IndonesiaOnly four of the 10 active ingredients in medicines can be produced domestically. According to Indonesia's Deputy Minister of Health, 90% of Indonesia's pharmaceutical raw materials still need to be imported from abroad.
This is good news for Chinese pharmaceutical companies. Not only terminal drug manufacturers, but also suppliers of pharmaceutical raw materials, auxiliary materials and even pharmaceutical packaging materials, as long as their export market includes Indonesia, relevant companies should keep in mind the timing of Indonesian policies and take advantage of this window period to complete the halal certification of their products.
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If your company is having trouble with the cumbersome Halal certification process in Indonesia, please feel free to contact Jacob Star. Our professional certification team will provide you with comprehensive and detailed certification guidance, assisting you in establishing a Halal management system and successfully obtaining Halal certification in Indonesia.BPJPH Halal Certified!