Effective from October 11, 2017, the Religious Affairs Ministry (MORA) has founded the Halal Products Certification Agency or Halal Product Assurance Implementing Board (BPJPH) as the sole halal certification body – three years after Law 33/2014 was issued. This agency was established to coordinate the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI). Prior to 2014, halal certification was regulated on a voluntary basis.