DDHK. ORG – There are many foods and drinks that claim zero percent alcohol in circulation. Is it Halal to consume?
When going to consume food and drink, Muslims need to know the contents and halalness for sure. Even though the packaging says zero percent alcohol, Muslims need to be more careful and check the halal status.
This is because there are packaged beverage products that taste identical to beer, but are claimed to contain no alcohol. The basic ingredients used are said to be 100 percent not containing harmful ingredients prohibited. However, the product does not have a label lawful.
Reporting from Republika, the Institute for the Assessment of Food, Drugs and Cosmetics of the Indonesian Ulema Council (LPPOM MUI) has provided a response regarding this type of drink. LPPOM MUI emphasized that these products cannot obtain halal certification.
The reason is that halal certification in Indonesia has its own references that must be met by companies wishing to apply for halal certification of a product. There are certain signs, and LPPOM MUI will not process halal certification for tasyabbuh products.
Tasyabbuh means resembling products that are forbidden in Islam. This means that a beer product that claims to be without alcohol still cannot be declared halal, because it uses a name that refers to an unlawful product, namely beer which in Islamic terms is also called khamr.
LPPOM MUI Halal Auditor Management Manager, Ade Suherman, said that MUI has regulated the use of certain product names that are permissible and not permissible. "The product name regulations are contained in MUI Fatwa No. 4 of 2003 concerning the prohibition of consuming and using names that lead to things that are unlawful, so the products produced cannot be certified," said Ade, quoted from the halalmui.org page.
Apart from being contained in the MUI Fatwa, the naming of beer alcohol can also refer to the Decree of the Director of LPPOM MUI which explains in detail that product names that cannot be certified include product names that contain the name of liquor. In this group, there are nonalcoholic wines, champagne, root beer, rum raisin ice cream, and zero percent alcohol beer that cannot pass halal certification.
Ade explained that the main aim of the ulama in the decision was to appease the people. Therefore, there are efforts to prevent people from being in a state of tasyabbuh.
"As for the perception of tasyabbuh, which plunges halal values into resembling haram later, it will make consumers unable to distinguish between what is halal and what is haram in similar products, causing misleading or long-term misperceptions," said Ade.
According to Ade, the halal concept emphasized by LPPOM MUI is not only halal and unclean-free substances. However, there are provisions on product names. He advises consumers to be careful before buying products that will be consumed, so that the naming used does not lead to things that are haram. [DDHK News]
