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Malaysian Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is expected to meet food safety and religious officials in mid-March to discuss the fake halal meat scandal that has raised serious doubts about the government’s halal certification process. The scandal has also damaged Malaysia’s reputation as a major halal hub for the halal industry. The meeting, involving …
Under new rules, meat from India no longer needs to be certified halal – following Muslim rules – before it is exported. The recently changed requirement is expected to end the domination of India’s minority Muslim community on the meat business, as authorities bowed to a longstanding demand of right-wing Hindu outfits and some NGOs …
Malaysia is slowly coming out of the storm it faced due to the recent halal meat scandal. What are the loopholes the infamous meat cartel used to continue their fraudulent practices for such a long period of time? Can the Malaysian government take any punitive measures to stop these malpractices once for all? How can …
The Muslim world is in shock. Lately, we have been hearing a lot about scandals and fraudulent practices being used in the halal food sector in Malaysia and other countries. Can technology help us stop these malpractices in the halal food sector when it looks like halal food fraud is everywhere. This halal meat scandal …
There should be a clear demarcation of power in the proposed Halal Act that identifies the scope and parameters of the Islamic Development Department (Jakim). Prominent lawyer Nizam Bashir said the law had been mooted by the department’s Halal Hub Division since 2009, with the motivating factor of providing the authorities with more bite and …
The global halal integrity in trade has reached a major milestone in 2020, with the members of the International Halal Accreditation Forum (IHAF), the world’s first halal international accreditation network, heading the list of top halal food exporters globally. The top five nations exporting to Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) countries are Brazil at $16.2 …
MUIS Stance On Halal Standards For Importing Foods Overview 1. Muis has completed its investigations arising from allegations made against its recognition process for FHCBs. The investigations have found that Muis’s processes are sound and the recognition and delisting of FHCBs have been carried out by its officers fairly and impartially. As such, any accusations …
Halal is a key part of a Muslim lifestyle and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) must be aware of related regulations if they want to do business in Indonesia? the world’s largest Muslim-majority market Halal, the Arabic word for “permissible,” refers to a set of religious guidelines and regulations on manufacturing food products, cosmetics, and …
The rapid expansion of the population of Muslims around the globe has resulted in an exponential increase in the demand for Halal certified products. According to a report published as part of Salaam Gateway’s Monthly Report Series, the value of the global food certification industry in 2015 was estimated to be worth more than $12.5 …
The 8th Multi-Lateral Recognition Arrangement Committee (MRAC) meeting of the International Halal Accreditation Forum (IHAF) has discussed the pressing need for the unification of halal standards worldwide to grapple with the disruption caused by coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The current wave of digitalization of various sectors in economies worldwide has made it all the more possible. …
Halal Research Council (HRC), in association with AlHuda CIBE, has launched a Halal industry free webinar series named “Global Emergence of Halal Industry” to learn with the industry experts from around the world from July 2020. The underlying theme of the series is to highlight the need for unification of global halal standards to promote …
Industry players, especially food and beverage producers, are struggling to comply with the mandatory halal certification regulation, specifically when it comes to fulfilling requirements related to product reaudits for adding new ingredients, halal storage, distribution and means of transportation. Enforced in October last year under the Halal Products Guarantee Law, the law mandated that all non-haram …
