JAKIM Halal Certification

However, there are several issues being pointed out in terms of acquiring JAKIM Halal certification. Non-Muslim entrepreneurs are having difficulties in understanding the JAKIM Halal certification manual and quite complicated for them to follow. Due to this, non-Muslim entrepreneurs will have a hard time to understand the overall JAKIM Halal certification process - which is a composition of Halal and toyyiban concept. If both Muslim and non-Muslim companies could not fully understand the correct concept of Halal, misunderstandings are bound to happen. Employers might think that by hiring Muslim staff is one of the requirement to obtain a JAKIM Halal certification. Apart from that, the Halal application process takes too long due to strict SOPs, delay in meetings and stern decisions made by the shariah officers. Some applications took months, a lot of steps were involved during the process and high cost have to be contracted. 

Another issue that can take into consideration is when a company is headquartered outside of Malaysia and they want to expand into Malaysia's market - considering we have a large number of Muslim. It is imposed by the JAKIM that food manufacturers intending to export to Malaysia must be accredited Halal by JAKIM. Thus, the company need to acquire for Halal certification to ensure that their products are Shariah compliant and meet the JAKIM requirements. To protect Muslim consumers in Malaysia, it's always been JAKIM's responsibility to assure consumers to seek for Halal products. To ensure that companies get full access to Malaysian market, JAKIM Halal certification is strongly recommended for all imported food and beverage products. With Muslim covers more than 60 per cent of Malaysia's population, the demand for Halal products continues to increase. Hence, it is crucial for exporters to understand every aspects of how each country regulates Halal.

As an alternative solution, DagangHalal provides JAKIM Halal consultancy and training services to help companies obtaining the Halal certificate, handling all the process of Halal certification and address all related issues. Speed the application processing time, ensuring that all Halal requirements are met - which will in turn, increase the number of Halal-certified companies and strengthen the Halal industry in Malaysia.