Halal Food Industry In Malaysia
It has been stated that food makes up about 60 of the halal industry which includes primary meat processed goods bakery food and confectionary.
Halal food industry in malaysia. As for the halal scene in malaysia malaysia s halal industry contributed about 7 5 of malaysia s gdp in 2017. This paper attempts to review the issues and challenges of halal food implementation in malaysia. The obvious example is the hfce halal food council of europe has certified over 400 european food companies. As the food sector is the second largest behind islamic finance in the halal world we are targeting mainly food companies right now said azman.
As stated in para 5 1 2 certification of description of halal for imported food and goods. 1 all imported food and goods marketed in malaysia shall not be described as halal unless the imported food and goods comply with the requirements or certified as halal by the foreign halal certification body recognized by jakim. Concepts of halal have been discussed in terms of definitions and scopes have also been established. Food companies are whatshalal s primary target currently but the plan is to go all out to cover the entire halal industry.