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What do we eat, what do we know
Dr. Farrakh Mehboob
Auditor, Halal Assesment & Certification Institute
Food Choice Factors
Concept of Halal
Quran as book of Law.
ْ‫ط ِي ً۬باا َو َل تَت َّ ِبعُوا‬
َ ‫ض َحلَـ ً۬لا‬
ِ ‫اس ُكلُواْ ِم َّما ِفى ۡٱل َ ۡر‬
ُ َّ‫يَـٰٓأَيُّ َها ٱلن‬
ُ ‫ُخ‬
َ ‫ش ۡي‬
َّ ‫ت ٱل‬
‫عدُ ً۬و ُّم ِبين‬
ۚ ِ ‫طـ‬
ِ ‫ط َوٲ‬
َ ‫ن ِإنَّهُ ۥ لَ ُك ۡم‬
O mankind ! eat the lawful and good things out of what is in
the earth, and do not follow the footsteps of the Shaitan;
surely he is your open enemy.” (Surah Al-Baqarah: 168)
Requirements for animal products to be Halal
The Animal
The Person
The Method
Gelatin
Butter
Bread
improver
Flavour
Whey
Powder
Keratin
Gelatin
Glycerides
Examples of critical Ingredients
Name of Ingredient /
Product
Source
Industrial Use
Amino Acids
animals, plants, human
hairs, duck feathers,
microbial fermentation.
Food supplements, baby foods,
medicine, cosmetics,
shampoos etc.
Char coal
Animal bone, wood,
synthetic (tribasic
calcium phosphate)
sugar white, water filters etc.
Fats and Oils
Animals, Plant
foods, cosmetics, medicine etc.
Gelatin
pigs, cows, fish
Cosmetics, shampoos, Food,
pharmaceuticals (capsule) etc.
Rennet
Animal, microbial
Cheese (whey as by product)
Water retention agents
Protein (animals, plants
etc.), salts (Phosphates
etc.)
Low cost protein powder is
mixed with water and Injected
in meat to increase weight
In UK certain poultry meat imported from the Netherlands and Belgium containing pork and beef
proteins used as water retention agents (http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/pmeatregsriani.pdf)
European gelatin
80 % is from pure pig-skin.
15 % from cattle.
5 % comes from pig and cattle bones, poultry and fish.
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References:
http://www.gelita.com/
http://www.gelatine.org/en/gelatine/overview/127.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelatin
http://www.gelatine.org/en/gelatine/production/137.htm
EAT..NO....EAT...NO..EAT..EAT..NO..NO...?
??
Who should decide?????
• “A religious friend”?? Teacher?
List from internet??
Parents?
Personal opinion
• Different (knowledge, personality,
personal interest, etc)
More confused!!!
1
A QUALIFIED
HALAL
Official fatwa
CERTIFICATION
BODY!!!!!!
General requirement
Supported by muslim community
Represents all Mdahib/Fiqh, at
least within its representative
country
 Working office
Internal qualification
• Qualified human power
 Muslim
 Food technologist, chemist, veterinarian: capable to
conduct factory audit & ingredients screening
 Imams : capable to issue the fatwa independently
• Audit protocol
 Written
 Implemented
Examples of halal certification body
Country
%
muslim
Halal Body
Halal cert. scope
Indonesia
85
LPPOM-MUI
Local + export
Thailand
4.5
CICOT
Local + export
Phillipines
5-10
IDCP
Local + PAKISTAN?
export
Germany
5.4
Halal Control
Export
HFFIA
Export
Netherlands 5
Pakistan based Halal Certifiers
1) Halal Assessment & Certification Institute
We are:
•Rearchers
•Scholars
•Supported & supervised by Madaris
2) Halal Research Council
3) Halal Industry Research Centre
4) Pakistan Halal Certifiers
5) Madaris (Some Madaris of Pakistan are doing independent
certification)
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CRITICAL
CONSUMERS
?????
Lets move one step ahead!!!
Protect local Muslim consumers !!
Increase consumer awareness
 Workshops, Seminars, Media etc.
Halal is a consumer right (as consumer pays for
product while trust that what ever available in Pakistan is
Halal).
THANKS
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