Category Archives: HalalFocus Editorials

Articles written by the HalalFocus editorial team covering all aspects of the Halal market and Halal industry, including national Halal developments programs and Halal market trends

Malaysia’s Halal Economy: A Journey of Transformative Growth and Global Leadership
18/09/2024

Evolution of Malaysia’s Halal economy and its important role on the global stage. ...

Opinion: Halal Certification for Global Markets
07/01/2019

An overview on Halal standards, certification and accreditation since 2010. 2019 will be seeing the ...

An Ecosystem of Shared Values
22/03/2018

As the citizens of the world - of every race, colour and creed - recoil ...

HalalFocus Supporting Alchemiya
15/02/2018

With the realisation that what we watch – consume – with our eyes and ears ...

Halal Sector – it is time to step up, no?
18/09/2016

The Halal sector has for too long been obsessed with ensuring technically correct slaughter methods ...

WHS 2015 opens the door on Halal 3.0
26/03/2015

At WHS 2015 will showcase, explore, discuss and probably argue about the opportunities and challenges ...

Halal for Everyone? Better think again!
25/03/2015

New research shows a massive 92% of non-Muslims are negatively affected towards Halal by news ...

WHS 2015 Opens up New Narrative for Halal Market Ecosystem
25/03/2015

The four specialist Forums at the World Halal Summit cover a wide range of topics ...

Commodity Speculation: Banking on the Hungry Poor
19/03/2015

If we are to see any meaningful convergence between the Halal food sector and the ...

The World Halal Summit – Energising the Halal Ecosystem
05/03/2015

Halal is on the agenda of an increasing number of governments, multinationals, SME’s, entrepreneurs, investors ...

HF Editorial: Is Halal certification about to get disrupted?
24/11/2014

Recent initiatives under the umbrella of the OIC, led by their Standards and Metrology arm, ...

Opinion: The Problem with Halal Certification
09/05/2014

Until a sufficient degree of transparency and oversight is practiced in the Halal sector, there ...

Islamic finance and food sector need convergence
27/10/2013

Islamic finance has excess liquidity and limited Sharia-compliant investment opportunities; the expanding Halal food sector ...

Under-defined, Under-regulated, Under-served…but not Understood
11/10/2013

The concept of the Islamic Economy is only now starting to take shape. It is ...

On Track to an Islamic Economy
25/09/2013

The notion that Islamic Finance and the Halal food sector ‘belong together’ in a holistic ...

EU: Dutch press EU study on labeling meat produced without stunning
24/07/2013

The Commission included a study into informing consumers about animal stunning in its list of ...

Opinion: The Porkgate Opportunity
05/02/2013

The recent scandal from pork DNA being found in Halal certified food actually highlights an ...

Oman: A’Saffa Foods sets up its own specially branded restaurant outlet
17/07/2011

This year the company has decided to establish its own "A'Saffa Restaurant" on the site ...

Halal in Europe – the European Complex
03/11/2010

A series of recent events relating to the Halal market in Europe all point to ...

Export Strategies for Halal Producers
08/05/2010

The Halal market is on the move. Since the first Malaysian International Halal Showcase (MIHAS) ...