Alnur Truly Halal Services

Current Industry Problems

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Al Nur

Truly Halal Services

primary objective is to expose fraudulent practices found in the Halal industry and meat industry practices are highly concerning due to consumable meat products are falsely labelled as ‘Halal’, animal rights being violated, slaughter conditions being violated, cross contamination between halal and non-halal products, packaging material utilized for packaging are sourced from either pork, alcohol and non-halal meats and falsifying documents and halal certificates.

Due to the increase in demand of halal products round the world, Abattoirs and Slaughterhouses had to look at ways to increase production by employing shortcuts and many disregard the prescribed Halal slaughter pre-requisite. These corrupt practices had certainly questioned the authenticity of the halal products.

  • The prayer that needs to be recited by a practicing Muslim, instead played through a recorded tape, this practice is widespread and invalidates the halal status of the carcass and many certification agencies does approve this kind of corrupt, irreligious practices as ‘Halal’.
  • Abattoirs and Slaughterhouses employ Non-Muslims as Slaughtermen (excludes Muslim, practicing Jews and practicing Christians)
  • Abattoirs and Slaughterhouse slaughtering an animal that died before a Halal slaughter.
  • Abattoirs and Slaughterhouses using ‘Blessed Blades’ (Blades with built in prayer) and mechanical rotating blades.
  • Abattoirs and Slaughterhouses not cutting the animal’s trachea, esophagus and jugular veins without cutting the whole neck.
  • The animals are abused by kicking and employing paralytic means.
  • The animal is either electric stunned or gas stunned, which kills the animals before slaughter.
  • Contamination issues between Halal and Non-Halal meats
  • Utilizing non-Halal raw materials for processing and packaging.
  • The challenges with the current certification agencies are enormous to list since their operating model is based on bestowing passing grades to the Abattoirs, slaughtering and packaging companies.

The Muslim consumers have to largely rely on the seller and/or trust the information provided on the product label to guide their purchases. Currently, there is no system is in place to track the trade of halal-certified products. In the case of halal meat, trust is not merely looking at the ingredients as it doesn’t encompass the entire procurement and production process.

This urged the need for a “global concerted effort to upgrade halal certification”, which starts with the acceptance of a new certification framework by putting in place an independent halal certification entity backed by the Imams, Sufi Sheiks, and Islamic religious non-profit entities. This will regulate the halal compliance standards for the domestic, exporting, and importing markets as this will be a key step towards harmonized regulation.