PERLINDUNGAN HUKUM BAGI KONSUMEN TERHADAP PRODUK MAKANAN YANG TIDAK MEMILIKI SERTIFIKASI HALAL DI KOTA PEKANBARU

Abstract

So far, both food products in the form of raw and ready-to-eat ingredients and drinks with a variety
of flavors and colors have been circulating widely on the market. The number of circulating products
requires strong control from the government and related parties to ensure that food products on the market
meet the proper standards and labeled halal for consumption. Therefore, consumers have the right to get
information about the product content, ingredients made and halal products. will be consumed.
This type of research can be classified in the type of sociological (empirical) legal research, because
in this study the authors directly conduct research at the location or place of study in order to provide a
complete and clear picture of the problem under study. This research was conducted research in Pekanbaru
City. The reason the author chose the research location in Pekanbaru is because there are still many
business actors who have not included a halal label on the goods being traded. While the population and
sample are the Chairperson of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) of Riau Province, Pekanbaru
Breadtalk Employees and Pekanbaru Breadtalk Consumers. Data sources used are primary data and
secondary data. Data collection techniques in this study were interviews, questionnaires, and literature
review.
The conclusions that can be obtained from the results of the study are: First, the factors underlying
the producers who do not carry out halal certification of their products in the city of Pekanbaru consist of
ignorance and lack of understanding of business actors regarding the existence of Law Number 33 of 2014
concerning Halal Product Guarantee, Actors Businesses Not Knowing the Procedures for Registering Halal
Certification, Businesses that are Goed by Business Actors are still on a Small Business scale, Business
actors assume that the raw materials used in products are Halal, business actors or producers are dishonest
and commit fraud or fraud to consumers and the level of public knowledge about halal label food products
is still low. Second, legal protection for consumers of products that do not have halal certification in the city
of Pekanbaru is not yet maximally implemented. This is indicated by the fact that there are still many
products that do not yet have certification and have not been labeled as halal. In addition, the emergence of
fake halal labels that do not meet the criteria for halal or not.
Keywords: Legal Protection, Consumer, Food Products, Halal Certification, Pekanbaru