Performance of UINSA Halal Center in Halal Certification Assistance for Small and Micro Business Actors from the Perspective of Maqasid Al-Shari'ah

Abstract

Universities have an important role in the success of halal certification in Indonesia. At UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya, there is a Halal Center that has been registered as a Halal Product Process Assistance Institution abbreviated as LP3H. This article discusses how the performance of the Halal Center of UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya in assisting halal certification in Indonesia is to be analyzed with the theory of maqasid al-shari'ah. This research is an empirical normative research. Normative data comes from laws and regulations related to halal product assurance. In contrast, field data comes from the Halal Center of UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya, which is collected through observation and documentation. The research was conducted in August 2022-August 2023. The results of the study concluded that the Halal Center of UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya has implemented the obligation to assist the halal product process as regulated in the Regulation of the Minister of Religion Number 20 of 2021, challenging the Halal Certification of small and Micro Businesses article 11. The Halal Center recruits companions, conducts training and evaluation of their performance, reports them to BPJPH, and maintains the confidentiality of business actors' data. From the perspective of maqasid al-shari'ah, the task of the Halal Center of UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya is to fulfill the benefits of five principles, namely hifz al-din, hifz al-nafs, hifz al-nasl, hifz al-'aql and hifz al-mal.