Food Company Industry Manager’s Perspective for Food Safety and Halal: Exploratory Study

Abstract

Food safety and halal food is important aspect of the food industry. Food safety affects health and food security while halal food complements Islamic law. In the last few years, in various countries, there have been many cases that indicated a lack of awareness when implementing food safety and halal food in food processing companies which in company losses. The purpose of this study is to determine the manager's perspective regarding awareness and implementation of food safety and halal food related to company performance. Case studies were conducted on two food processing companies using a semi-structural questionnaire method. The results of this study indicate that both companies have a high awareness of aspects of food safety and halal food. Food safety implementation is carried out based on international standards (HACCP, GMP, and ISO 22000). Halal food implementation is carried out according to the national standard (Halal Assurance System). Although there are differences in priorities between the two companies regarding food safety and halal, both companies will say that food safety and halal affect performance.