Quality Assurance Development of Halal Food Products for Export to Indonesia

Positioning food safety in Halal assurance

“…To be a part of that market it can be a benefit, especially for 43 non-Muslim countries, to have Halal certification and labelling (Ruzevicius, 2012;International Trade Centre, 44 2015). Although, a trustable Halal certification scheme may support export, it is equally important for Muslim-45 majority countries to develop their Halal food industry to protect their consumers from consuming non-Halal 46 products (Ratanamaneichat & Rakkarn, 2013). 47…”

Halal labeling effect on muslim consumers attitude and behavior

“…Even other religious or non-Muslim consumers understand the importance of halal principles that also address health issues, food safety and environmentally friendly ways of production [9]. Consumer awareness of Muslims in Indonesia in obtaining products that must comply with Islamic sharia is very high especially in the food industry [10]. The increased religious awareness of Muslim consumers will encourage producers or industries to provide products labeled halal as selling points or branding in convincing consumers [11].…”

Halal Science Curriculum and Research: Development among Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Countries

“…Muslims denote the dominant majority of the population in Sumatra, Kalimantan, Java, West Nusa Tenggara, Sulawesi and North Maluku (Ratanamaneichat and Sakchai, 2013 (Wilson, 2013;Prabowo et al, 2015).…”

“…The members are consist of competent scientists from multidisciplinary fields such as chemistry, biochemistry, food science and technology, veterinary and agro-industry (Ratanamaneichat and Sakchai, 2013) Halal centre, Brunei is also planning to build an academy specifically dedicated for the development of halal products which will consist of halal scientist and experts in halal industry and syariah. The academy will be built to strengthen the credibility in decision making especially on halal issues and matters.…”