May 12, 2026
 
Indonesia tightens feed raw material oversight after porcine content found in Meat Bone Meal imports 

Indonesia's halal authority has stepped up import controls on feed ingredients and is extending inspection efforts to source countries following the discovery.

Indonesia's Halal Product Assurance Agency (BPJPH) has tightened oversight of commodities entering the country following the discovery of porcine content in Meat Bone Meal (MBM), a widely used feed raw material in the Indonesian market. The agency is coordinating with the Ministry of Trade and the Indonesian Quarantine Agency (Barantin) to track the halal and non-halal status of incoming commodities through integrated data systems.

Ahmad Haikal Hasan, Head of BPJPH, said non-halal products are not prohibited from entering Indonesia but must carry a non-halal label. "All products may enter because we are a free country. Those that are halal must be labelled halal, and those that are non-halal must be labelled non-halal," he said.

Hasan said BPJPH is taking pre-emptive measures to ensure that products without halal or non-halal labelling do not enter circulation before the labelling requirements take effect. Oversight covers product quality, health, nutritional value and halal compliance.

Beyond domestic controls, BPJPH has begun extending its inspection mechanism to origin countries. Trial inspections have already been conducted in Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, China and South Korea, with the agency working to formalise the process across key source markets.

BPJPH also indicated it will extend coordination to the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs and the Ministry of Finance as part of a broader whole-of-government response to the issue.

The tightening of import controls is likely to affect feed millers and integrators sourcing MBM and other animal-derived feed ingredients from overseas, particularly from markets where porcine-based products are processed alongside non-porcine materials.