Indonesia Sets Oct 2026 Deadline for Mandatory Halal Certification of All Products

Indonesia’s Halal Product Assurance Organizing Agency (BPJPH) warned companies that they must obtain halal certification for all products sold in the country by 18 October 2026. The mandatory regime, anchored in the Halal Product Guarantee Law and Government Regulation No. 42/2024, expands beyond food to cosmetics, health supplements, medicines, chemicals and medical devices, covering micro‑enterprises and imports. Non‑compliance may lead to written warnings, hefty administrative fines, revocation of existing certificates or product recalls. BPJPH head Ahmad Haikal Hasan said, “This absolute obligation covers several product types as stipulated in the regulation,” adding that halal “has become a universally accepted and globally recognized standard of quality, safety, transparency, traceability, and trustworthiness.”

The policy coincides with the Indonesia‑United States Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) signed in February 2026, which lowered tariffs on Indonesian exports but includes a clause that could exempt U.S. manufactured goods from Indonesia’s halal‑certification requirement. Analysts and officials argue for a “mutual recognition arrangement” allowing U.S. products certified by recognized halal bodies to be accepted in Indonesia without duplicate certification, aiming to balance trade facilitation with consumer protection.