CONSUMER PROTECTION TO PRODUCTS WITH A HALAL LABEL BUT NOT REGISTERED IN LPPOM-MUI

Rizkan Zulyadi;

Abstract

Consumers need an accurate and simple information about a product that they want to consume. For a moslem consumer, food product with a halal label is so important because there are some foods which can’t be consumed by moslem people because of rules in Islam. That’s why an information about halal label is very useful. Nowadays, there are unscrupulous businessman who put the halal label on their products but actually that products are not registered in LPPOM-MUI. While in this case, halal products are not just because produced with an halal contents but also with an halal procedure as an Islam Shari’a. The research uses juridical normatical as the method, with the gained from literature through reviewing the primary and secondary law material. The Research is about Consumer Protection to products with a halal label but not registered in LPPOM-MUI. From the Research we know: 1) That cost to registered a product to take a halal certificate is not cheap and there are so many procedures to take which troublesome and it makes businessman won’t to do that procedures. That’s why there are unscrupulous businessman take a simple way with put a halal label in their product without doing registered in LPPOM-MUI. This act cause confusion about the halal label, is it true halal or not. 2) There is not rule which put an clear rule about halal label and also there is not an authorized institution which control the circulation of products with halal label which registered in LPPOM-MUI or not. This act cause unscrupulous businessman feels safe to put halal label to their products even if they not registered their products. 3) That rule which Protecting Consumer is not regulate about the sanctions to unscrupulous businessman who put halal label to their product but not registered in LPPOM-MUI. The Rule is so general and not give an impact to unscrupulous businessman who breaking that sanctions. Legal basis to this research are statute number 8 in 1999 about Consumer Protecting, statute number 7 in 1996 about food, Government regulations number 69 in 1999 about label and food advertisement.