Halal Supply Chain Management

The increasing economic power and Muslim populations globally warrant a greater understanding of halal concept. Yet, efforts to explain halal issues in medicinal production remain scant. This paper aims to explore the idea of halal pharmaceutical production process and delves into the challenges faced by the manufacturers in developing the niche market. This research embarks into a qualitative conceptual study. Data obtained were based on expert views (i.e. government officials, consultants and pharmaceutical manufacturers) derived during informal talks, semi-structured interviews and available statistics, annual reports as well as reliable articles. The study emphasised that halal pharmaceutical industry need to not only highlight the halal values in the production, yet should project and inject a wider image of Islamic values—good, clean and wholesome into the manufacturing process which would attract wider market segments. Manufacturers should not only concern on the operations and ...

Despite more sophisticated medical technology and improved hygiene standards, we are going through an unprecedented epidemic of obesity and chronic diet related diseases with no end in sight. A healthy diet is based on a greater variety of unprocessed foods, particularly vegetables, fruits, olive oil, nuts, prebiotics, fibre and polyphenols. Bright coloured vegetables and fruits contain high levels of polyphenols. Selecting healthy foods on the basis of colour, counting ‘colories’ rather than ‘calories’, makes more sense. Research shows that eating less meat is an important building block for a healthy diet, which will also automatically reduce the intake of antibiotics from the industrial-scale antibiotic-dependent fish and meat industry. The objective of this viewpoint paper is to understand the halal dietary laws and dietary recommendations from the holy Quran & Hadith, and propose a halal certification system to better support a healthy lifestyle choice fo...