President Director Of Surveyor Indonesia Concerning The Circulation Of Halal Label Wine: Could Be A Counterfeiting

President Director of PT Surveyor Indonesia (PTSI) M Haris Witjaksono. (Photo: Doc. PTSI)

JAKARTA - Products of alcoholic beverages or wine labeled halal with the logo of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) are circulating on the market.

The wine caused a stir on Twitter's social media and became a public debate.

Responding to this, the President Director of PT Surveyor Indonesia (PTSI) M Haris Witjaksono said it was impossible for wine products to get a halal label. The reason is, the halal label itself is obtained through a very strict process.

Haris explained that PTSI was appointed as one of the halal examination institutions (LPH) and never received a halal label application for the wine product.

"It could be forgery, label information, then if the certification process itself, I don't think wine will appear until it gets a halal label, if they go through the correct assessment process, they won't get a halal label," he said at a media gathering, at Graha Surveyor Indonesia, Jakarta, Monday, July 31.

Furthermore, Haris explained that the halal certification scheme developed by the Halal Product Guarantee Agency (BPJPH) was quite credible and very good.

"This is what is important, because our society is 85 percent Muslim, guarantees for halal products must be," he said.

Haris revealed that the development of products that get halal certification continues to increase every year.

According to Haris, this development has become a positive thing in providing the needs of halal products that the community wants.

"If in the past two years there has been extraordinary acceleration, if we look at malls and so on, if we look at eating and halal products that are widely available, there have been many certifications," he said.