Halal food certificate is the food and service document that is given to companies that provide cosmetics, cleaning, chemistry and Islamic services to all food or cosmetics that comply with halal production conditions (hygiene, cutting, production, presentation, storage, transportation, sales, after sales). Malaysia is the first country to develop the standard and halal accreditation structure of the first halal food certificate in the world and to be accepted in all Islamic countries and countries where Muslims live, and therefore to issue halal certificates. Apart from private institutions such as Devir Quality certification, which is giving halal food certificates accredited from Malaysia, TSE (Approved by the Religious Affairs High Council of Religious Affairs) is also issued by the TSE. The halal certificate that Muslim societies have increasingly adopted has also affected different sectors, resulting in a serious halal food market.
In order to understand what halal food document is and what it needs, first of all, what is the concept of halal means and what it means must be explained.
Halal means that is suitable for Islam. It is all that is not forbidden in terms of Islam. Things that are not prohibited from being done or eaten religiously means halal, not haram. Halal is the Islamic conditions that must be obeyed, taught to us in verses and hadiths. The methods used to reach halal and halal cannot go beyond the verses and hadiths sent.

We have briefly described the concept of halal above. Halal food is a sub-concept of this. Based on the definition of halal; The factors such as consumption, use, distribution, production, sales and marketing processes of food, packaging, content of the product, whether it is hygienic or not are included in the definition of halal food.
Halal Food; It means everything related to food, which has not been forbidden in the way of the production, content and consumption of a food product, and which is not harmful for Muslims to consume.

WHO CAN TAKE THE HALAL CERTIFICATE?

• Food production, (Restaurant, Restaurant, Kitchen, Catering etc.)

• Food sales, (Storage, Distribution, Hot Sale etc.)

• All companies that manufacture food packaging materials and sell or import products,

• Ready-made food producers,

• Slaughterhouses,

• Food Transporters,

• Ice cream makers,

• All products that come into contact with food (forks, spoons, knives, plastic dishes, gloves, storage containers, etc.)

• Companies producing meat and meat products can buy halal food.

 

Requirements for Halal Certificate

As can be understood from our general definitions and explanations, it is first necessary to know what is halal food. Of course, there is a requirement that the things that are haram for us in our religion are not in the food you produce. Nevertheless, if we list the required general items;

• Not to use additives and foodstuffs produced from pig and pig blood,

• Not to use blood and blood products and semi-products,

• Not to use carcinogenic, GMO, proven harm to human health, prohibited in more than one country during production,

• To fulfill all hygiene conditions completely during production,

• Legal permissions required to produce food,

• The food company is a food engineer.