Perlindungan Hukum Terhadap Masyarakat Muslim Kota Medan Tentang Produk Makanan Halal (Studi Proses Sertifikasi Halal oleh Majelis Ulama Indonesia Kota Medan)

Abstract

Entering the era of the Asean Economic Community (AEC), Indonesia is an easy target for the circulation of food products from abroad, not only ASEAN countries, these products also come from other countries, such as China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan. The existence of Indonesia as the largest Muslim country in the world makes halal issues an attractive attraction for food producers in Asia. Therefore, many food producers from abroad try to include halal labels on their products. In the city of Medan, the majority of the population is Muslim, the Indonesian Ulema Council of Medan City has noticed the problems of food products circulating in the community. This is also related to the concern to carry out religious obligations well, there has been a case of D Loft Foodcourt at Thamrin Plaza which combines halal and haram food, so this is detrimental to Muslim consumers in Medan City. Therefore, legal protection is needed for Muslim consumers in Medan City to consume halal food and beverages. The problems to be examined are as follows, 1. How is the legal protection of the Muslim community of Medan City regarding halal food products, 2. How is the certification process in the Medan City Indonesian Ulema Council, 3. How are obstacles in the implementation of halal certification in the Medan City Indonesian Ulema Council. The type of research that is used is normative legal research, namely legal research conducted by examining library materials consisting of primary legal material and secondary legal material, data analysis used with qualitative analysis. Regulation of the rule of law on halal food products is regulated in Law Number 18 of 2012 concerning Food, Law Number 33 of 2014 concerning Guaranteed Halal Products, Government Regulation Number 69 of 1999 concerning Food Labels and Ads, and in Law Number 8 of 1999 concerning Consumer Protection, the Medan Indonesian Ulema Council has carried out legal protection against the Muslim community of Medan City by carrying out halal certification, even though it does not yet have a legal umbrella but is an answer and provides legal certainty for halal food for the Muslim community of Medan City.