What do we eat, what do we know

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What do we eat, what do we know
Dr. Farrakh Mehboob Auditor, Halal Assesment
Certification Institute
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Food Choice Factors
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HOW MUCH DO WE KNOW
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• Concept of Halal
• Quran as book of Law.

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O mankind ! eat the lawful and good things out of
what is in the earth, and do not follow the
footsteps of the Shaitan surely he is your open
enemy. (Surah Al-Baqarah 168)
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Requirements for animal products to be Halal
The Animal
The Method
The Person
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Examples of critical Ingredients
Name of Ingredient / Product Source Industrial Use
Amino Acids animals, plants, human hairs, duck feathers, microbial fermentation. Food supplements, baby foods, medicine, cosmetics, shampoos etc.
Char coal Animal bone, wood, synthetic (tribasic calcium phosphate) sugar white, water filters etc.
Fats and Oils Animals, Plant foods, cosmetics, medicine etc.
Gelatin pigs, cows, fish Cosmetics, shampoos, Food, pharmaceuticals (capsule) etc.
Rennet Animal, microbial Cheese (whey as by product)
Water retention agents Protein (animals, plants etc.), salts (Phosphates etc.) Low cost protein powder is mixed with water and Injected in meat to increase weight
In UK certain poultry meat imported from the Netherlands and Belgium containing pork and beef proteins used as water retention agents (http//www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/pmeatregsriani.pdf) In UK certain poultry meat imported from the Netherlands and Belgium containing pork and beef proteins used as water retention agents (http//www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/pmeatregsriani.pdf) In UK certain poultry meat imported from the Netherlands and Belgium containing pork and beef proteins used as water retention agents (http//www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/pmeatregsriani.pdf)
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• European gelatin
• 80 is from pure pig-skin.
• 15 from cattle.
• 5 comes from pig and cattle bones, poultry and
  fish.
• References
• http//www.gelita.com/
• http//www.gelatine.org/en/gelatine/overview/127.h
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• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelatin
• http//www.gelatine.org/en/gelatine/production/137
  .htm

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EAT..NO....EAT...NO..EAT..EAT..NO..NO...???
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Who should decide?????

• A religious friend?? Teacher? Parents?
  List from internet??

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A QUALIFIED HALAL CERTIFICATION BODY!!!!!!
Official fatwa
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General requirement

• Supported by muslim community
• Represents all Mdahib/Fiqh, at least within its
  representative country
• Working office

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Internal qualification

• Qualified human power
• Muslim
• Food technologist, chemist, veterinarian capable
  to conduct factory audit ingredients screening
• Imams capable to issue the fatwa independently
• Audit protocol
• Written
• Implemented

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Examples of halal certification body
Country muslim Halal Body Halal cert. scope
Indonesia 85 LPPOM-MUI Local export
Thailand 4.5 CICOT Local export
Phillipines 5-10 IDCP Local export
Germany 5.4 Halal Control Export
Netherlands 5 HFFIA Export
PAKISTAN?
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Pakistan based Halal Certifiers

• 1) Halal Assessment Certification Institute
• We are
• Rearchers
• Scholars
• Supported supervised by Madaris
• 2) Halal Research Council
• 3) Halal Industry Research Centre
• 4) Pakistan Halal Certifiers
• 5) Madaris (Some Madaris of Pakistan are doing
  independent certification)

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CRITICAL CONSUMERS?????
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Lets move one step ahead!!!

• Protect local Muslim consumers !!
• Increase consumer awareness
• Workshops, Seminars, Media etc.
• Halal is a consumer right (as consumer pays for
  product while trust that what ever available in
  Pakistan is Halal).

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• THANKS