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Halal Certification — Islamic Dietary Laws Compliance

Halal Certification — Islamic Dietary Laws is issued by IFANCA, ISWA, MUI, JAKIM, GCC Halal Bodies and has applied since Traditional. It applies to products sold in Global, MEA, APAC. Below: what it covers, which products trigger it, the documents a supplier must provide, and how Complyra checks a product against it.

Authority
IFANCA, ISWA, MUI, JAKIM, GCC Halal Bodies
Jurisdiction
Global
Regions
Global, MEA, APAC
Effective
Traditional
Evidence renewal
every 365 days
Official source
https://www.ifanca.org/

What Halal Certification — Islamic Dietary Laws covers

Halal Certification — Islamic Dietary Laws is a religious and dietary certification requirement in Global. In Complyra's dataset it is triggered by products in the following categories and by product descriptions that mention the keywords listed below.

Product categories affected

  • food ingredients
  • food grocery

Keywords that trigger a check

  • halal
  • muslim
  • islamic
  • food
  • meat
  • ingredient
  • pharmaceutical

Who it applies to

Buyers importing or placing the affected products on the market in Global, MEA, APAC, and the suppliers who manufacture or distribute them. In a procurement workflow the buyer is responsible for obtaining the evidence listed below from the supplier before the order is placed.

Consequences of non-compliance recorded in the dataset: Certificate revocation, trade bans in Muslim-majority countries

Restricted substances and materials

SubstanceLimitUnit
Alcohol5000ppm (0.5%)

Materials and conditions that fail the check

  • pork
  • alcohol above 0.5%
  • blood
  • carrion
  • non-halal slaughtered meat

Supplier requirements and compliance evidence

Documents a supplier should be able to provide for products in scope. Ask for these in the RFQ rather than after the goods ship.

Document
Valid Halal Certificate from IFANCA, MUI, JAKIM, or equivalent
Halal logo on packaging
Supply chain halal audit
No cross-contamination with haram substances

Certification types recorded for this regulation

  • halal certificate

How Complyra checks Halal Certification — Islamic Dietary Laws

When a product is searched or sourced in Complyra, its category and description are matched against the trigger categories and keywords above. If Halal Certification — Islamic Dietary Laws applies, the product and its supplier are checked against the materials, substance limits and required documents recorded for the regulation, and the result is shown alongside the supplier match, before an RFQ is generated.

Suppliers on Complyra register and upload certifications that are reviewed by an administrator; see supplier compliance for how that review works and supplier sourcing for how compliant suppliers are found and matched.

Complyra checks product and supplier information against regulatory requirements to support procurement decisions. It does not issue certifications or guarantee legal compliance; final responsibility for compliance remains with the buyer and supplier.

Check a product against Halal Certification — Islamic Dietary Laws

Describe the product and destination market. Complyra identifies whether this regulation applies and which documents to request from the supplier.