Malaysia Halal Certification

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Every producer or manufacturer / food
premise / slaughter house must produce
only halal products.

Every company that applies for the Halal

Confirmation Certificate must ensure that
the source of ingredients is halal and they
must choose suppliers or sub-
contractors that only supply halal goods
or have Halal Confirmation
Certificates.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
All companies must ensure that halal
procedures are observed in all aspects as
underlined in the Malaysian Halal
Certification Procedure Manual.

A company that is listed under the

Multinational and Small & Medium Industry
(SME)category is required to establish an
Internal Halal Audit Committee and
appoint an Islamic Affairs Executive
(Islamic Studies) to oversee and ensure
compliance of halal certification procedures;
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Required to have a minimum of two
permanent Muslim workers of Malaysian
nationality in the kitchen / handling / food
processing section;
Products must be clean and do not
contain non halal ingredients as per
Islamic law , during preparation, handling,
processing, packaging or transfer;
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Equipment and appliances used on the
premise must be clean and free of
contamination by impurities based on
Islamic law and not detrimental to health
Transportation used must be specifically
for halal product delivery only
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
The cleanliness of equipment,
transportation, manufacturing area and
environment must be of utmost
importance and the company must
incorporate good manufacturing practices
Religious worship paraphernalia are
not allowed on the premise / food
processing area.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS -
Employees
Employees must adopt good work ethics
and good hygiene practices such as the
following:
All employees must receive certain specified
injections at any health center recognized by
the government, before and after being taken
into employment
All employees must maintain good health and
cleanliness, especially those who work as
production operators
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS -
Employees
Employees who are sick or injured or
suffering open wounds that could
jeopardize production quality must not be
allowed to work until they have
recovered;
Direct contact between employees hands
and raw materials or unfinished products
must be avoided;
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Employees
Smoking, eating, drinking or storing of
food, drinks, cigarettes or medicines must
be done in specially designated areas and
not allowed in the production area or any
other area so as not to jeopardize quality
of production;
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS -
Employees
All personnel entering the production area
must wear proper factory attire or clean and
decent clothing (if there is no designated
factory attire) according to the health and
cleanliness procedures. This applies to
permanent and part time staff, management
personnel, visitors and so on;
Employees must practise good hygiene and
wear proper attire, head and mouth cover,
gloves and proper shoes;
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Employees
Employees must wash their hands
thoroughly with appropriate hand
sanitizers;
i. Before starting any food handling
activity;
ii. After using the washroom;
iii. After handling raw material or
contaminated material etc.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS -
Employees
Employees are not allowed to wear
jewellery, watches etc at the food processing
area to avoid possible contamination during
the food handling process;
Employees must always be present at their
designated duty areas, for example at the
halal quality check point and halal raw
material purchase point;
Employees must be responsible and
committed to abiding by the underlined halal
policy.