Halal Label Analysis on Packaging Products at the Nutrition Installation of General Hospital in Caruban Madiun, Indonesia

Halal-labeled food is needed, especially by the Muslim consumer community which is the largest population in Indonesia. The Assessment Institute for Foods, Drugs and Cosmetics, the Indonesian Council of Ulama or abbreviated as LPPOM MUI is here to provide halal assurance solutions for the business actors who provide halal products and the community who use the halal products. The research was conducted at the nutrition installation of the general hospital in Caruban Madiun, Indonesia. The research design used descriptive analysis by analysis of halal labels on packaged products. The samples came from packaged food ingredients that had the LPPOM MUI halal label, Indonesian Food and Drug Authority Number (BPOM number) and Household Industry Food Permit (P-IRT) were used. The result showed there were 21 packaging products labelled halal MUI that had been registered on the official website of LPPOM MUI, 10 other packaged products were not registered on the official website of LPPOM MUI but had a halal label on the packaging and 1 other product still utilized P-IRT. Two products did not have the MUI halal label despite having BPOM number.