Codex Alimentarius : Indonesia’s Halal Food Challenges as Culture Identity in International Trade

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10.2991/icocspa-17.2018.27How to use a DOI?

Keywords

codex alimentarius; competitive advantage; halal food

Abstract

The existence codex aliementarius provisions comformity with the provision of halal food product certification, for Muslims, is profitable. However, with the majority of the Muslim population as part of the Indonesian identity, it cannot put Indonesia as a country with the number of certified halal food products. There is still for both external and internal efforts to address these challenges. Using qualitative methods, the analyzed secondary data are described using diplomacy concept to show the Indonesian government's efforts in international institutions and regimes such Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC). While at the domestic level, secondary data analysis is described through the concept of competitive advantage as a way to improve the competitiveness of Indonesian halal food products. Based on analysis, the halal food in Indonesia affected by the ambiguence of itself definition. But in the other hand, the tolerance level of Indonesian toward halal food is high. So, Indonesia government should adjust the concept of halal food by giving halal licence, and develop the societies to improve halal food products. In other words, in increasing halal food products as Indonesian identity and culture, should raise competitive advantage on the quality and quantity of halal commodity products in the market (market based view) and increasing consumer and producer understanding on halal food product management as Indonesian resources (resources based view).

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Arin Fothriani
AU  - Jeanie Annisa
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TI  - Codex Alimentarius : Indonesia’s Halal Food Challenges as Culture Identity in International Trade
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Contemporary Social and Political Affairs (IcoCSPA 2017)
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SN  - 2352-5398
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