Recent advances in halal food authentication: Challenges and strategies

Abstract

Increasing public awareness of food quality and safety has prompted a rapid increase in food authentication of halal food, which covers the production method, technical processing, identification of undeclared components, and species substitution in halal food products. This urges for extensive research into analytical methods to obtain accurate and reliable results for monitoring and controlling the authenticity of halal food. Nonetheless, authentication of halal food is often challenging because of the complex nature of food and the increasing number of food adulterants that cause detection difficulties. This review provides a comprehensive and impartial overview of recent studies on the analytical techniques used in the analysis of halal food authenticity (from 1980 to the present, but there has been no significant trend in the choice of techniques for authentication of halal food during this period). Additionally, this review highlights the classification of different methodologies based on validity measures that provide valuable information for future developments in advanced technology. In addition, methodological developments, and novel emerging techniques as well as their implementations have been explored in the evaluation of halal food authentication. This includes food categories that require halal authentication, illustrating the advantages and disadvantages as well as shortcomings during the use of all approaches in the halal food industry.

Impact of faith on food marketing and consumer behaviour: a review

“…, 2022; White and Samuel, 2016). Muslims' choices, in fact, are moved between halal (permitted) and haram (prohibited) (Ismoyowati, 2015) and, moreover, the same Halal market is growing more and more (Chi Ng et al. , 2021) and international food companies-such as Nestlè-consider it seriously (Rarick et al.…”

“…To this end, there are some religious certifications which drive religious consumers' choices to the most consistent ones with religion precepts (Bux et al, 2022;White and Samuel, 2016). Muslims' choices, in fact, are moved between halal (permitted) and haram (prohibited) (Ismoyowati, 2015) and, moreover, the same Halal market is growing more and more (Chi Ng et al, 2021) and international food companies-such as Nestl e-consider it seriously (Rarick et al, 2011): certifications are, indeed, fundamental for Muslims to recognize the food they may consume (Van der Spiegel et al, 2012) but the demand has also involved non-Muslim consumers (Mumuni et al, 2018;Fathi et al, 2016), who consider it safe and healthy (Aziz and Chok, 2013;Ayyub, 2015). By the way, Wilkins et al (2019) studied the judgements of Halal products in non-Muslim countries (specifically: Canada, Spain and the United Kingdom) and non-Muslim consumers, revealing that non-Muslims with a strong religious identity tend to judge positively Halal food, even though it is studied for a different faith.…”

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“…These improvements should make real-time, on-site tracking more sensitive, accurate, portable, and cheap. Muslim and non-Muslim customers can ensure their food is safe using cuttingedge technologies and verification methods (Ng et al, 2022).…”

“…These methods provide insights into the chemical composition and molecular profiles of the ingredients, helping to determine their halal status accurately. Furthermore, the amalgamation of artificial intelligence (AI), chemometrics, and the Internet of Things (IoT) with these advanced methods can augment the precision, velocity, and potential of multiplexed analyte detection (Ng et al, 2022). For instance, a study by Islam et al (2021) focuses on the fundamental methods of constructing an intelligent fluorescence spectroscope apparatus coupled with a straightforward DNA extraction protocol crucial in detecting pork contamination in food and beverage samples.…”

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