HALAL means, something is permitted and lawful in the Muslim community, it refers to the food that they eat according to the Islamic laws. Muslims face problems to find out the halal food products specially outside the Muslim countries even sometimes they consume non-halal food products in their own Muslim countries. Mostly processed foods ingredients sources are not halal due to lack of knowledge at processor/manufactures side. These challenges are not limited to the processed food even meat slaughtering units overlooked to comply zabiha process according to the permitted way for it. Purpose to develop the Halal standard by Muslim world is to overcome these kinds of challenges at processing/manufacturing side as well as to create the awareness on consumer side to always pick the halal certified food and oral contact products.

HALAL is an internationally recognized standard and provides the best framework in setting up HALAL sharia requirements as well as some basic food safety requirements such as personal hygiene, GMPs, pre-requisites, facility infrastructure and internal audit etc. where an organization in food chain needs to demonstrate its ability to identify & control the halal sharia compliances in order to ensure that the food is Halal and safe for human consumption. It is a voluntary standard. Mostly international corporations, retailers demand Halal certification from their suppliers as well as Govt. regulatory authorities motivating to local manufacturers to adopt this certification to secure the local and international market of HALAL products. Halal certification can also help the organization to flourish in new markets.

Most of the countries have formed their own accreditation bodies to authorize the certification bodies for Halal Certification. Accreditation and certification bodies charge fee against their services. Accredited certificate issued by any of accredited certification body is accepted worldwide.