Today, you can find many types of food products spread on the market, supermarket, even in the store on the sidewalks. Some of the food products are made by local manufacturers and some others are imported. With a huge variety of food products around you, you should be really careful before purchasing because you should check the legality of the foods, especially of you are Muslim.

Many people are often ignoring the legality of the food products because they are already falling in love with the taste of the foods. However, for many Muslim people, ignoring the legality label or Halal label may bring regret in the end because this will bring risk for them physically and mentally.

In details, the food products contain of unsafe ingredients may give bad impact to your health, especially if you consume it very regularly. For Muslim, if they consume illegal or not Halal foods, this is positively a big sin. Therefore, many consumers are suggested to view any information regarding the products they will buy. Consumers should realize that packages are not the guarantees that the foods inside the pack are safe to consume. Here will be given to you some easy hints to help you identify the safety and legality of the foods you are about to buy. The identification will be concerning mostly on the label glued to the food product packages.

First of all, learning the language and writing of the label is important. Nowadays, there are many food products flooding Indonesian market. Sometimes you will find the food products with understandable description on the packages, so the right step you should take is not to purchase the foods.

The second one, the trusted and legal product will list its registry number. It is solid that the registry number will guarantee the safety and legality of the food products because this number is a proof that the food is already registered on the board of food and drug watcher or in Indonesia is known as Badan Pengawas Obat dan Makanan. The registered codes are varied depend on the kind of the product of food. For small food industry, the registry number is MD or SP, whereas for imported food the registry code is ML. The local or traditional drug products or Jamu is given the registry code which is TR.

Furthermore, you must find the details of the product which are the name of the product, producer, and the manufacturer address. Also, the list of ingredients the food made from is also crucial because this will give you information about the substances included in the food. You should be aware some terms that must be concerned that may affect the legality of the ingredients being used, for example the terms of emulsifier, stabilizer, shortening, tallow, gelatin, and collagen. Muslim also have to notice the term of lard, it is one of many ingredients should be avoided since it contains of bacon.

Finally, the most significant sign that shows the food product legality is the label of legality or Halal Label. Of course you must not purchase the food products without this label included. It is obvious that without the certificate of Halal issued by MUI, government will not allow the food manufacturer to certify the Halal label on the products.