Pakistan Halal Standards for Food: An Analysis of Juristic Opinions on Sea Creatures

Abstract

The question of Halal and Haram has been very important and of major concern in all religions. Islam has emphasized on it and has laid down the stress on adopting Halal and prohibiting from Haram. In the contemporary age which is of standardization and processing, the standardization of foods on the basis of Halal and haram is also adopted by Muslim and non-Muslim countries. In Pakistan Halal certification for food is also working and Malaysian Halal authorities has a key role in establishing the HALAL authority. Before the
establishment of Pakistan Halal authority, Malaysian authorities has also issued
HALAL certificates to many food companies of the Pakistan as Engro, Rafhan
and Shan Foods on the basis of MS 1500 (Malaysian Halal standard for Food).
In Pakistan the working on Halal standards started somewhat late in 2016 by the
name of Pakistan Standard and Quality Control Authority with the help of
JAKIM (Halal Standard institution of Malaysia). Pakistan Halal authority issues
Halal certificate with to food companies and food items by the title of PS 3733.
This authority has defined hierarchy of official’s food scientists, Muslim Jurists
and others to issue HALAL certificates without any hurdle and transparently.
This article provides an insight into the background of establishment of HALAL
authority in Pakistan, procedure of providing HALAL certification and others.