Certification
Halal food certification stressed for better sale
Speakers at an international conference in the provincial metropolis stressed the importance of Halal food certification for boosting consumers’ confidence in foods and improving their sale.
Filed Under: Halal Standards
Crackdown on cosmetics using banned substances
Dubai Municipality is intensifying its crackdown on manufacturers and distributors of cosmetics and toiletries that contain banned substances linked to cancer and animal products that violate Islamic beliefs.
Filed Under: Science >> Ingredients
Indonesia Demands Halal Cert on NZ's Meat Products
Indonesia has asked New Zealand to certify its meat products exported to Indonesia with Halal certification, meaning it had been slaughtered in line with Islamic practice, China's Xinhua news agency reported quoting Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Hasan Wirayuda as saying here on Thursday.
Critical Control Points within the Halal Food Chain
Critical Control Point (CCP) is a concept from which Hazards Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) is based on. HACCP is a food safety management system that is recognised worldwide and is recently known as ISO22000. CCP is a stage or a process that defines where any intolerable and/ or unacceptable level of hazard may be encountered, and it is at this point within the food chain that potential unacceptable hazards should be controlled.
Check Halal certificates in restaurants
The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) is concerned with recent media reports that 50,000 non-Muslim food outlets across the country have Halal certificates that are not recognised by the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim).
BPOM Discovers More Pork in 3 ‘Halal’ Beef Jerky Brands
The Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) has discovered more samples of dendeng , or beef jerky, that contain pork despite being labelled suitable for consumption by Muslims.
Filed Under: Science >> Ingredients
Muslims and Halal in Serbia
It is surprising that there are Muslims in Serbia at all; let alone that there is a Halal Certification Agency. Out of 600,000 Muslims in Serbia, 200,000 are in the capital, Belgrade; and the Halal Agency there is the oldest of its kind in the Balkan area.
Filed Under: Standards
Ministry launches Halal food certification system
In order to capture Halal food market in the world Ministry of Livestock and Dairy Development (MinLDD) has introduce “Halal food production technology and certification system”, which will help increase the country’s exports in international markets especially in Muslim countries.
Halal status must be scientifically proven, says Rosmah
Halal products need to be scientifically proven to be Halal. This requires extensive research and development initiatives and a quest for alternative ingredients to replace non-Halal ingredients in Halal products, said Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, wife of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
Filed Under: Science >> R&D
When pork is found in Halal-guaranteed food
What could consumers say when they found pork in a product guaranteed as Halal by the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) as happened recently?
Filed Under: Standards