JAKARTA: Indonesia will push back by as much as seven years an October deadline for halal labels on food, drugs and cosmetics, after industry voiced fears that the move could bring chaos and threaten supplies of life-saving vaccines and other products.
In 2014, the world’s biggest Muslim-majority country adopted a measure for labels certifying whether products are halal or suitable for consumption in line with Islamic laws. If not labelled, they would face sale bans.
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