Halal Standards & Certification
Public Can Check Halal Status Via SMS To Jakim
By Bernama
Mar 22, 2006, 17:36

Public Can Check Halal Status Via SMS To Jakim

KUALA LUMPUR, March 22 (Bernama) -- Muslims can now get confirmation on the halal status of a product easily and promptly through the short messaging service of the Islamic Development Department of Malaysia (Jakim).

"They only need to type the word "halal" and enter the product's bar code and send it to 32728.

"God Willing, they will receive the reply immediately," parliamentary secretary to the prime minister's department Datuk Dr Mashitah Ibrahim said Wednesday.

Replying to Fadhillah Yusof (BN-Petra Jaya) in the Dewan Rakyat during question time, she said through this method the people would trust the information on the halal status received from an authentic source and not from a third party.

Dr Mashitah said Jakim had increased its enforcement officers to 165 to strengthen the enforcement team.

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