SIHALAL Application: Examining the Efforts of Halal Product Certification for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in Kebumen Norma Sari (a*), Pramukya Dana Iswara (a)
Universitas Ahmad Dahlan
Abstract
Halal product guarantee is one of the complex and long issues in Indonesia as it took more than 20 years to establish the regulation. The government has to fulfill the consumer need for halal product guarantee by providing a reliable certification system. This research aims to examine the local government capacity to guarantee halal product in Kebumen, one of regencies in Central Java Province, Indonesia. It also examines the utilization of SIHALAL, an electronic application of halal product certification, for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSME) in Kebumen. It was an empirical normative legal research using qualitative approach. In this research, we used primary data collected through interviews, and secondary data sourced from literature study of primary, secondary, and tertiary legal materials. We analyzed the data using a qualitative descriptive approach. The results suggest that the local government capacity to guarantee halal products in Kebumen is very advanced in terms of legal capacity by promulgating relevant regulations, providing business coaching, and developing a task force team. Furthermore, utilizing electronic application in halal product certification is one of the effective and efficient ways to solve the human resources problem for MSMEs in Kebumen.
Keywords: electronic halal application, halal product certification, micro small medium enterprises
