Jakarta, Aug. 14 -- Head of the Halal Product Assurance Agency (BPJPH), Ahmad Haikal Hasan, emphasized that halal certification also aims to provide legal certainty in ensuring the protection of a product's halal status.

"Because halal is a standard that reflects product quality. Halal means healthy, halal means hygienic, halal means clean, so halal products are quality," Haikal noted in a statement in Jakarta on Thursday.

"Because halal is a standard that reflects product quality. Halal means healthy, halal means hygienic, halal means clean, so halal products are good quality," Hasan noted in a statement in Jakarta on Thursday.

Furthermore, he stated that halal certification also adds economic value for businesses in producing and mar...