Kepka BPJPH 78/2025: LPH Accreditation and Its Impact on Businesses

For businesses currently processing halal certification, there is one document that is rarely read even though it determines the course of product inspection: the accreditation guidelines for Halal Inspection Agencies (LPH). BPJPH established it through the Decree of the Head of BPJPH Number 78 of 2025 concerning Guidelines for Accreditation of Halal Inspection Agencies.

This regulation does not change the obligations of businesses. What changes is how the agencies that inspect your product are assessed for eligibility. Understanding its contents helps you assess whether the inspection process is running properly and in accordance with the proper procedure.

What Is Regulated

Kepka 78/2025 contains complete guidelines for LPH accreditation. Its scope covers accreditation requirements, Pratama and Utama qualifications, scope of competence, fees, application flow, surveillance, and witnessing assessments.

These guidelines refer to SNI ISO/IEC 17065:2012. That standard is the international standard for bodies performing product certification. This means LPH is assessed using the same framework as product certification bodies in other sectors.

Two things need to be noted. First, LPH qualifications are divided into Pratama and Utama. Second, there is surveillance and witnessing assessment, namely periodic supervision and direct observation of inspection performance.

Relation to PP 42 of 2024

LPH accreditation is within a larger framework. Government Regulation Number 42 of 2024 concerning the Implementation of the Halal Product Assurance Sector regulates the procedures for the establishment, accreditation, scope of activities, and revocation of LPH approval, including the appointment and dismissal of Halal Auditors.

PP 42/2024 is the replacement for PP 39/2021. For businesses, the message is simple: the LPH that inspects your product must operate within the limits of its lawful scope and approval. Kepka 78/2025 explains how those limits are assessed.

Practical Consequences for Businesses

1. Check the LPH's scope of competence

Every LPH has a scope of competence. Your product may only be inspected by an LPH whose scope covers that type of product. If you submit a product outside the LPH's scope, the inspection risks being invalid and must be repeated.

2. Understand the meaning of Pratama and Utama qualifications

The distinction in qualifications is not merely a label. It reflects the capacity and coverage of the agency's work. When choosing or being directed to an LPH, ask about its qualification and make sure it matches your product's needs.

3. Prepare for witnessing assessment

Witnessing assessment means the LPH's inspection performance is directly observed. For businesses, this affects document orderliness and process consistency in the field. Inspection may take place over more than one visit.

4. Maintain consistency of the internal system

Because LPH is periodically supervised through surveillance, inspection standards tend not to be lax. The Halal Product Assurance System (SJPH) in your company needs to run consistently, not only be tidy during an audit. The reference for implementing SJPH on the business side is the Decree of the Head of BPJPH Number 57 of 2021 concerning Criteria for the Halal Product Assurance System, which contains five criteria: commitment and responsibility, materials, halal product process, product, and monitoring and evaluation. Kepka 57/2021 has been amended by Kepka 20/2023.

5. Note the costs and time from the outset

Kepka 78/2025 lists the costs and flow for accreditation applications. This information is useful for understanding that the process on the LPH side also has stages and timeframes. Delays on the LPH side can affect the inspection schedule for your product.

What Does Not Change

It should be emphasized: the determination of the halal status of a product is the authority of the MUI Fatwa Commission or the Halal Product Fatwa Committee. Halal certificates are only issued by BPJPH. LPH inspects and reports; it does not determine whether a product is halal or haram.

Kepka 78/2025 regulates the quality of inspection agencies; it does not change the position of fatwa. For businesses, this is important so they do not place their hopes in the wrong place. The final result still goes through the fatwa mechanism and certificate issuance by BPJPH.

Practical Steps

• Make sure the LPH inspecting your product has an appropriate scope of competence.
• Ask about the LPH's qualification and the stages you will go through.
• Organize material and process documents, including materials whose status depends on their source such as animal fats, isinglass, and alcohol solvents.
• Run SJPH consistently, not only just before an audit.
• Understand that the final result is determined through fatwa and a BPJPH certificate.

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