How Can Halal Certification Be In The Refrigerator? Here's The Explanation Of MUI

The refrigerator has the MUI halal certificate logo. (TikTok screenshot @penyembahkuota)

JAKARTA - Warganet has again highlighted the issue of refrigerators (caulkas) that are halal certification of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI). The puttout of the MUI halal sticker in front of the refrigerator is quite horrendous for social media.

Halal certificates raise questions from some people. Is it that important to place a halal label on non-food and beverage objects? MUI has also given an explanation.

Reporting from the official website of the MUI Institute for Food, Medicine and Cosmetic Studies (LPPOM), it turns out that utilities such as refrigerators, cooking utensils, socks, paper, wall paints, and adult diapers must be given halal certification.

The rules for halal certification of use goods are contained in Law Number 33 of 2014 concerning Halal Product Guarantee.

Law Number 33 of 2014 does not explain further about goods. This provision only states that use goods are used, used or used by the public.

This means, according to the MUI, the halalness of a product does not only include food, drinks, medicines, cosmetics, but also utilities. The use of goods includes all products worn by people.

MUI halal certification on consumer goods has several purposes. One of them, for producers, can increase consumer confidence in the products used.

Then, if there are items that contain unclean or haram during the manufacturing process, then when you come into contact with food it will make the food polluted with unclean goods.

Especially in the refrigerator, MUI said that in several studies, several components in the refrigerator were found made from a mixture of ingredients that used elements from the derivative of fatty acids. The element of fatty acids is a critical ingredient in terms of halalness.

Meanwhile, as a place to store food that will be consumed, the refrigerator must also be preserved. The ingredients should not be mixed with illegal materials, which will affect the halalness of the food products stored in them.

Thus, MUI emphasized that it is this halal certification that guarantees a product free from contamination of impurity and haram.

The content that questioned the halal certification on the refrigerator was uploaded by the @penyembahkuota account and has been watched by 754.0K as of Monday, April 10. "The function of the halal logo in the refrigerator is important... Ask this is the first refrigerator in Indonesia," wrote the account quoted by VOI.

In the video, the content uploader shows a sticker logo attached to the left side of the black two-door refrigerator with the words 'Indonesian Ulema Council. Equipment is certified, complete with registration numbers 00170087970318 and 00170090660918.

Content uploaders are wondering. What exactly is the function of halal certification in the refrigerator.

"The question is, if I have pork I put it in this halal refrigerator, will he be halal? Then what does the halal logo function in this refrigerator?" said the uploader.