HALAL SECTOR EXPLORES TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS TO DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS

The Covid-19 pandemic and latterly the Russian invasion of Ukraine has sparked an increase in cybercrime and fraud, and the halal sector – reliant on compliance with detailed production and sales standards – is a soft target for commercial criminals. This fact is compounded by the proliferation of halal certificates as the sector expands worldwide. With no accepted global standard, how do ingredients purchasers, food product traders, retailers and consumers know if a certificate is genuine and whether a product sold under its name was made according to its ...


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