Halal Certification and Its Application in Malaysia

Abstract

The world starts to realize about need for Muslims dietary requirement and eating known as halal.  It is seen that the countries of which have high Muslim population such as Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Turkey, Brunei and Malaysia on the other hand, non-Muslim countries for example Thailand, Singapore and the United Kingdom, have different approaches on the practices of Halal.

Today from east to west, halal industry has big part for food manufacturing and getting global stage in business world. Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Turkey, Malaysia, Brunei just some of the examples that having full concerned about halal food by government. Malaysia, among these counties has increasing its economy and it opens new opportunities to have market in halal industry as well and today Malaysia volunteer to improve the halal industry for others and become halal hub for the world. Since halal logo and certification has big market capacity there is so many works about halal food and certification.

The recent Malaysian Standard, MS 1500 mentions about halal food management, the practical strategies for the food industry, its preparation, the business of halal food and the obligations for halal standards and food trades. For halal certification Malaysia practice with the association of MS – standards 1480, food safety according to hazard analysis and critical control point system and MS 1514 which is about good manufacturing practice these two important standards’ content safeties the good and clean product for believers.

The 3th section of 1975 trade Description in Malaysia is defining of halal based on the Islamic rules and law. 

· It does not contain anything or small part of any animal that is prohibited by Muslim law or it is prohibited in accordance with the law specified in Islam, it is forbidden by Islamic law to eat or that has not been slaughtered in agreement with Islamic law.

·  Does not contain anything which is considered to be not clean according to Islamic law.

·  Is not prepared, processed or manufactured using any instrument that is not free from anything not clean base on the Islamic law.

· Has not in the course of preparation, processing or storage been in contact or close to any food that fails to satisfy Islamic rules or anything that is considered to be unclean according to Islamic law.

On the other hand, despite of some rules and regulation on halal food, Malaysian consumers still struggling to understand and apply act and it is clear that it still does not affect their choice while they are consuming or buying products. There are several technologies that have been found and recognised in previous studies; those studies aim to find ways to detect non halal materials in products that are to be certified halal. For that research chemists check for porcine DNA or an unacceptable level of alcohol, for example. Also try to find alternatives to forbidden ingredients such as gelatine made from fish skin instead of from pigs and researches are very important for hall industry. There is some research working on making sure to processes used to make drugs are halal. To make vaccines and other proteins, you need to culture cells in a bioreactor.

It can be said that the understanding of the halal concept is not enough clear. Muslims are giving high priority and care to halal food industry and they are more sensitive as it is regarded as an important and obligatory in their religion. Malaysia is one of the leading countries for the halal standardization, but still there are many issues and complexity about halal standards, certification, logo etc. Most of those problems are related with sensitivity of halal amongst Muslim community.

Malaysia is doing its best to establish and promote the halal industries to Muslim and non-Muslim countries. It is one of the good examples for multi-race and multi-religion countries and pioneer with practicing halal standards when we look at the halal management HDC that takes authority from JAKIM. Laws and standards on halal food, halal certification process and application will be smoother and will protect the consumers. It will decrease the violation and misuse of halal concept, Malaysian halal laws and principles on this matter are considered as the strictest as per now regardless the shortcomings in implementing these standards.

Issues such as the functioning of halal food certification studies in Malaysia, a success story on halal to other countries, financial and formal procedure processes of halal food studies are very important and will be an example of studies in Turkey.

Keywords

• Islamic Law,Halal,Halal Standards,Halal Certification,Malaysia.

Malezya’da Helâl Gıda Sertifikasyonu ve Uygulaması

Öz

Müslüman ülkelerdeki helâl sertifika hizmetleri, siyasi, ekonomik, sosya-kültürel ve toplumsal uyum açısından farklılıklar göstermektedir. Bu durum Malezya gibi çok uluslu ülkelere (MNC) bu alanda çok zorlu bir görev yüklemektedir. Genellikle Müslüman ülkelere yönelik bir uygulama olan helâl sertifika işlemleri söz konusu ülkelerin büyüme oranına göre de şekillenmektedir. Müslümanlar dünya nüfusunun neredeyse %20'sini temsil etmektedir. Dahası, bu rakamın 2025 yılına kadar %30'a çıkması beklenmektedir. İslam'da en önemli kavramlardan biri helâl kavramıdır. Helâl, kesim, depolama, sergileme, hazırlama, hijyen, temizlik ve yiyeceklerin yanı sıra gıda dışı ürünler kategorisini de kapsamaktadır. Ticaretin küreselleşmesinin hızı, bilim ve teknolojideki gelişme ve üretim süreçlerini basitleştirmek için devam eden girişimler göz önüne alındığında, helâl kavramının diğer ülkeler tarafından da tam olarak anlaşılması önem arz etmektedir. Bugün birçok ülke Malezya'nın helâl sertifika politikasını ve prosedürünü kendine örnek almakta ve bu prosedürü uygulamaktadır. Malezya helâl sertifikasyon politikası ve prosedüründe, helâl ürün ve hizmetler sağlamada ana oyuncu olma işlevini devam ettirmektedir. Bu araştırma bir çok konferans, sempozyum, fuar ve diğer akademik çalışmalardan yararlanılarak hazırlanmıştır. Çalışmada neden Malezya’nın model ülke olarak kendini ilan ettiği ve helâl gıda problemlerinin Malezya’daki hukuki süreçleri ele alınmakta, ayrıca dünyadaki helâl ürün ve hizmetlerde kendini örnek ve sorumlu ülke olarak konumlandıran Malezya'nın helâl sertifika standardı ve prosedürü dini, ekonomik, sağlık ve lojistik açılardan incelenmektedir. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

• İslam Hukuku,Helâl,Helâl Standartları,Helâl Sertifika,Malezya

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