SNI 99002 and SNI 99003 are Indonesia's national halal slaughter standards: SNI 99002:2016 covers poultry and SNI 99003:2018 covers ruminants such as cattle. A slaughterhouse supplying Indonesia also runs a Halal Product Assurance System (SJPH) to BPJPH's criteria, and Government Regulation 42 of 2024 set 17 October 2026 as the latest date for certifying imported slaughter products.
This guide is for halal assurance managers, plant managers and export staff at poultry and cattle plants supplying Indonesia, and for the halal bodies that audit them.
What do SNI 99002 and SNI 99003 cover?
Both are Indonesian National Standards (SNI) published by the national standards body, BSN. They set requirements for the act of halal slaughter, not for a whole halal management system. Older guides, including an earlier version of this one, described them as general assurance standards. That was wrong.
LPPOM MUI, an Indonesian halal inspection body, lists them as the SNI halal slaughter standards. It says they build on the Indonesian Council of Ulama's Fatwa No. 12 of 2009 on halal slaughter certification standards. Its summary for slaughterers names three channels to be cut: the oesophagus, the trachea and the blood vessels on both sides of the neck.
The 2016 and 2018 editions are the ones Indonesian halal bodies and university studies cite at the time of writing. BSN's catalogue could not be checked for this guide, so confirm the current edition with BSN or your halal inspection body before you write procedures.
How do the SNI standards fit with SJPH and BPJPH certification?
Indonesia's regime rests on Law 33 of 2014 on Halal Product Assurance and Government Regulation 42 of 2024, which replaced Government Regulation 39 of 2021. BPJPH, the Halal Product Assurance Organising Agency, issues the certificate. A halal inspection body (LPH) examines the plant, and a fatwa on halal status comes from the Indonesian Council of Ulama or another body the regulation names.
The SNI standards describe how to slaughter. SJPH describes the system around it. BPJPH set the SJPH criteria in Head Decree 57 of 2021, amended by Head Decree 20 of 2023. The criteria rest on five principles: commitment and responsibility, materials, the halal product process, products, and monitoring and evaluation.
The 2023 text lists the written procedures a business must keep. For an abattoir they include animal stunning and animal slaughter, alongside material approval, cleansing of facilities, traceability and recall. Under Articles 50 and 58 of the regulation, every applicant must also appoint a halal supervisor (Penyelia Halal) who oversees the process and accompanies the halal auditor.
What does Government Regulation 42 of 2024 require of a slaughterhouse?
The regulation is unusually specific about slaughter sites. The table sets out the main requirements, with AGS's note on how each one reads on a poultry line and a cattle floor. The notes are practical reading, not legal text.
| Requirement | Source | Poultry line (SNI 99002) | Cattle floor (SNI 99003) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halal site physically separate from any non-halal slaughter site, a wall at least 3 metres high, separate doors for live animals in and meat out | Article 7 | Live-bird receiving and dispatch use different doors | Lairage entry and carcass dispatch use different doors |
| Halal and non-halal kept apart in holding, slaughter, skinning, evisceration, ageing, carcass handling, chilling and waste handling | Article 8 | Shackling, scalding, plucking and chilling areas | Lairage, knocking box, hide removal and chillers |
| Slaughter tools never shared with non-halal slaughter, with separate cleaning, maintenance and storage | Article 9 | Knives, back-up knives and sharpeners | Knives, sharpeners and restraint equipment |
| Slaughter by a halal slaughterer (juru sembelih halal) to sharia, animal welfare and veterinary public health rules | Article 71 | Enough slaughterers and back-ups for the line speed | Named slaughterer for each animal |
| Written SJPH procedures, including stunning and slaughter | BPJPH Head Decree 20 of 2023 | Water-bath stunning settings and checks | Restraint and stunning method and checks |
Articles 50 and 51 also require separation in storage and distribution. Our guide to halal warehousing and SJPH storage covers those stages.
What changes between a poultry line and a cattle floor?
The religious requirement is the same for both species. The risks are not. On a poultry line the hazard is volume, because birds reach the knife at line speed. A missed or partial cut, a bird that died before the knife, or a stunner set too high can each make product non-halal without anyone noticing.
Poultry plants therefore watch line speed against slaughterer capacity, keep back-up slaughterers at the knife, and remove birds dead on arrival before shackling. They also check stunning settings at each start-up and sample necks to confirm each cut.
On a cattle floor each animal is handled individually, so the controls are per animal. Restraint, the stunning method, the cut and bleeding before dressing are all recorded against the carcass. Indonesian researchers report that non-penetrative pre-slaughter stunning is recognised for halal slaughter in Indonesia, so confirm your method with your halal inspection body.
The Gulf and Malaysian rules for the same species differ in detail. Our guide to halal slaughter requirements in the UAE, GCC and Malaysia compares them.
When must imported meat and poultry be halal certified?
Article 145 of the regulation says foreign products entering Indonesia must be halal certified. The obligation is phased. For domestic medium and large businesses, the phase for food, beverages, slaughter products and slaughtering services ended on 17 October 2024. For micro and small businesses it ends on 17 October 2026.
For products from abroad, Article 160(3) required the Minister to set the obligation no later than 17 October 2026, after considering mutual recognition of halal certificates. The German-Indonesian Chamber of Commerce reports that date as the first major import deadline. It also reports a BPJPH regulation adding a per-shipment check by a foreign halal body from September 2026.
A foreign plant has two routes. A certificate from a foreign halal body that has a mutual recognition agreement with BPJPH is accepted, but the importer must register it with BPJPH before the goods are sold (Articles 147 and 148). Without such a body, the business applies to BPJPH through its importer or an official representative (Article 146). Check the decree and BPJPH guidance in force on the day you ship.
What does an Indonesian halal slaughter audit look at?
The points below are AGS's reading of what halal auditors usually ask to see in a slaughterhouse. They are not quotations from any standard.
- The halal supervisor's appointment, training and reports, and halal committee minutes.
- A slaughterer roster with each person's competence evidence, matched to the shifts worked.
- Stunning records: settings, checks that animals were alive at the cut, and failures.
- Slaughter and bleeding records, with rejected carcasses marked and their disposal recorded.
- Approval records for farms, feed and inputs, and cleaning and ritual cleansing records.
- Traceability from a pack of meat back to the slaughter session or animal.
How AGS can help
Three AGS kits cover Indonesian halal slaughter. All files are editable.
- SJPH HAS - Poultry Slaughter: 40 Word documents for a poultry plant, including stunning verification and BPJPH readiness checklists.
- SJPH HAS - Cattle Slaughter: 40 Word documents for a cattle plant, including per-animal stunning and slaughter records.
- Halal certification SNI 99002 99003: 71 Word, Excel and PDF documents for a halal body auditing slaughterhouses, with poultry and ruminant audit checklists.
Frequently asked questions
Is SNI 99002 or SNI 99003 a halal certificate?
No. They are standards. In Indonesia the halal certificate is issued by BPJPH, after an inspection by a halal inspection body and a fatwa on the product's halal status.
Does a cattle plant need SNI 99002 as well as SNI 99003?
Only if it also slaughters poultry. SNI 99002 is the poultry standard and SNI 99003 is the ruminant standard, so a mixed plant works to both.
Who can be a halal slaughterer in Indonesia?
LPPOM MUI's summary says the slaughterer must be a Muslim adult, healthy in body and mind, who understands slaughter under Islamic law. Article 71 leaves further rules on halal slaughterers to a ministerial regulation.
Does buying documentation mean the plant will be certified?
No. Documents are a starting point. Certification depends on how the plant runs and on the inspection body's findings.
AGS provides independent documentation toolkits. This guide and the referenced kits are prepared to support BPJPH, BSN and SJPH requirements. They are not affiliated with, endorsed by or approved by BPJPH, BSN, the Indonesian Council of Ulama, LPPOM MUI or any halal certification body, and they do not guarantee any certification outcome.
Reviewed October 2026. Facts checked against the sources current at publication.
