Halal Certification

Halal Certificate

 Halal certificate is a Guarantees of products and services in the Muslim Countries. The Requirements Of Islam and  they are suitable for consumption in Majority of Muslim Countries . Where the population of Muslim ( Germany , United Kingdom ,Spain France and Many more Countries in Word the Process of HALAL CERTIFICATION which provide quality and Ensures of the Products  rules of established by the Islamic Council. The permission to use the Mark of HALAL.  Mainly use to meat Product and other products of foods like a Milk, Canned, Food and additives to use for Meat Products. Product that are HALAL  Certified are often marked with Halal Symbol, Or Simply the letter(M) and the Letter  (K)  is used to identify Kosher Product For Jewish Population.

The Halal Certificate Guide is helpful for anyone involved in international trade, including: exporters, importers, distributors, traders and brokers, logistics professionals, forwarding agents, shipping lines, airlines, and international trucking firms. This guide is also helpful to trade associations, chambers of commerce, consultants, professors and students of international trade.

Halal, as per Quaran, means 'permitted' or 'lawful'. Halal certification is required for food, cosmetics and other products which comes in direct contact with food items. In many countries like: Middle east, Saudi Arabia, Iran etc. Halal certification is required to sell the food items. Halal is often used in reference to foods and drinks, i.e. foods that are permissible for Muslims to eat or drink under Islamic (law). The criteria specifies both what foods are allowed, and how the food must be prepared. The foods addressed are mostly types of meat and animal tissue.

Halal trade refers to business of halal certified quality products which meet the internationally accepted food safety standards in production & hygiene. CDG has strategic tie ups with different HALAL certification agencies (Indian & overseas) to provide HALAL certification services in India. These organisations are different ISLAMIC religious organisations & they issue HALAL certificate following guidelines of 'Quaran'. HALAL audit is done by a 'Mualana' who should have proper knowledge of Quaran & ISLAM.

Benefits of Halal Certification :

• Easy access to market of Muslim countries
• HALAL requires safety and hygiene as well which is important to third party
• Competitive advantage in export market
• Listing of your company in worldwide directory
• Make the business or product marketable to over 2 billion people across the world.
• Use of the Halal logo
• Enhance the marketability of the product in Muslim countries
• Improve the quality of the food or product or hygienic systems
• Improve the quality of the food or product

Types of Halal Certification

Based on the nature of the business, the type of Halal certification varies. Most frequently, Halal certification is obtained for places like restaurants, hotels, slaughtering houses, packaging and labelling materials to ensure they are suitable to be visited / used by Muslim consumers. However, Halal certification is not limited to only food produce. Non-alcohol beverage, raw materials needed in food processing, pharmaceutical and health care products, traditional herbal products, cosmetics and personal care products, cleaning products and daily consumable products can also obtain Halal Certificate. Therefore, Halal Certification can usually be obtained from Halal Certification Bodies – broadly under the following schemes:

• Food, Beverage and Catering Scheme
• Restaurant Scheme
• Industrial Scheme
• Abattoir Scheme
• Warehouse or Storage Scheme
• Product Endorsement Scheme

Halal Certification Procedure

 1: Application

The business wishing to obtain Halal Certification must apply to one of the Certification Bodies. It is important for the business to be aware of Halal Certification requirements at this stage and ensure that it is compliant with Halal requirements, Halal systems requirements and Halal staffing requirements.

2: Audit

Once the application information is verified, Auditors (usually one Shariah Auditor and one Technical Auditor) will visit the business for inspection. The Auditors will verify if the following areas are acceptable for Halal Certification:

• Documentation
• Processing, handling and product distribution
• Storage, display and product serving
• Cleanliness, sanitary and food safety
• The overall aspects of the premises
• Tools, apparatus and machines
• Packaging and labeling

During the audit, the business might has to provide criteria of acceptance of raw materials (ingredients), certificate of analysis and Halal certificate of individual ingredient. Once, the audit is completed, an audit report will be prepared and signed by both parties.

 3: Certification

Once the Halal audit is complete, a Technical Committee will review the documents submitted by the business and the audit report submitted by the Auditors. If the audit report is satisfactory and the business and/or products satisfy the Halal certification criteria’s, Halal Certificate is issued by the Halal Certification Body.

Halal Certification on average costs a total of about Rs.50,000 in India. However, the fee vary amongst the Halal Certification Bodies. Hence, it is best to check with the relevant Halal Certification Body.

All foods are considered Halal except the following:

-Alcoholic drinks and intoxicants

-Non-Halal animal fat

-Enzymes (microbial enzymes are permissible)

-Gelatine from non-Halal source (fish gelatine is Halal)

-L-cysteine (if from human hair)

-Lard

-Lipase (only animal lipase need be avoided)

-Non-Halal animal shortening

-Pork products

-Unspecified meat broth

-Rennet (All forms should be avoided except for plant, microbial and synthetic rennet, as well as rennet obtained from Halal slaughtered animals)

-Stock (mixed species broth or meat stock)

-Tallow (non-Halal species)

-Carnivorous animals, birds of prey and certain other animals

-Foods contaminated with any of the above products

Why Halal Certification?

• With a global consumer base of about 1.9 billion Muslims across 112 countries, the Halal market size is estimated to be worth of trillions of US Dollars.
• There is an increasing demand for Halal certified products.
• The booming Muslims population in the Middle East, North & South Africa, South and South Asia, the former Soviet Union and China present a lucrative chain for the food market.
• Today, the two largest markets for Halal products are Southeast Asia and the Middle East. These areas equal more than 400 million Muslim consumers.
• Muslims do only eat Halal food, however non-Muslims can eat Halal food.
• A Halal certificate is a guarantee that the products comply with the Islamic dietary requirements or Islamic lifestyle.
• Halal certification significantly enhances the marketability of your products.
• If you are exporting or planning to export to Muslim-majority countries then the Halal certificate will allow you to meet one of the important requirements by the importing countries.

Documents Checklist 

Name Kindly attach the following documents to process the application.

1) Product List - List of all products which are to be Halal Certified

2) Company Profile

3)PAN No

4)GST No

5) Letter Head

6) Latest Sale Bill

7) Latest Purchase Bill

Others (Specify)