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Certification

What is Halal Certification

Halal Certification is a process by which a credible Islamic organization certifies that a company's products has undergone thorough inspection and has been found to conform to the Islamic dietary laws and can therefore be lawfully consumed.

Halal certification is a process which ensures the features and quality of the products according to the rules established by the Islamic organisation that allow the use of the mark Halal. It is applied  for meat products Halal in purpos to certifies that the animals were slaughtered in a single cut, thoroughly bled, and their meat have not been in contact with animals slaughtered otherwise and, especially, with pork. Products that are Halal certified are often marked with a Halal symbol.

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Why Halal Certification

Over the past decade, Halal standards are well on the way to establishing a new quality benchmark which incorporates best practices and high ethical values. Consequently, Halal products and services have continuously gained global economic importance and recognition. In addition, 57 Islamic countries (OIC) have developed Halal standards for the industry, trade and consumer protection. The Halal Certification increases export opportunities, ensures new business markets and creates confidence.

Halal certification is a process which ensures the features and quality of the products according to the rules established by the Islamic organisation that allow the use of the mark Halal. It is applied  for meat products Halal in purpos to certifies that the animals were slaughtered in a single cut, thoroughly bled, and their meat have not been in contact with animals slaughtered otherwise and, especially, with pork. Products that are Halal certified are often marked with a Halal symbol.

Traceability

Traceability is a procedure to automatically track a product or service from birth to final valuation.

Food safety and assurance its quality are among the concerned issues to many people around the world. They are regarded as important issues to all stakeholders in the food industries. The issue of food safety is treated as similar issue with food integrity. Food integrity includes food safety, health and quality. After all, Halal concept is not just limited to food safety and its quality but also include the process control, packaging, storage, and delivery. Since the authenticity of halal food has raised concerns among Muslims consumers, the integrity of the halal food must be monitored so that consumers can be satisfied with the authenticity of halal products. Customers from all around the world, not only concerns on food ingredients whether permissible or not, but want to know about all the activities involved in the food supply chain. The question which is normally asked is whether the integrity of halal food products can remain Halal throughout the supply chain. In short, the integrity of the food products should be maintained to meet the intent of the Halal. That's why we need to make proper halal and traceability is needed to control throughout the supply chain.

ASSAFA method of traceability

To ensure maximum security of our controls, we rely on rigorous traceability methods.

The method of traceability and monitoring of ASSAFA Company take place from the beginning of slaughter to the end of production and packaging so that the ASSAFA representatives are present in the process of slaughtering for both poultry and cattle.The process is characterized by the identification of cows through a special seal ASSAFA to ensure the process of halal and the rejection of other carcases that do not meet the standards of ASSAFA.

The observer is obligated to traceability process during cutting meat and closing the boxes with adhesive tape for separate and distinguish.

ASSAFA monitors all phases until the packaging and putting the logo ASSAFA in the small circular sticker containing a code number symbolizing the credibility of the product on each package.

Then cartons and pallets are sealed by tape ASSAFA that the goods are secure and ready for shipment.

Informations from all the phases from slaughtering, cutting, packaging  are record  in special files of ASSAFA  with its dates, batch numbers, slaughtering place and production and archived for use when needed.