Halal Certification

The Services offered by the BHCC W.L.L include; setting genuine Halal standards, certifying companies who volunteer to integrate Halal standards within their organizational systems, auditing and supervising certified companies and products to ensure proper devotion to the specifications of the standards and consulting and aiding in the implementation of standards within willing company’s and entities to fulfil their goals and objectives.

BHCC standard is an adoptive Whole Supply Chain Halal Standard. The certification scheme is based on established principles of an Identity Preservation (IP) System. This means that the source of the product is verified as Halal and this identity is preserved and verified at each stage of the supply chain. Whole supply chain certification is a unique feature of the BHCC Halal Standard and is seen as vital in a modern food processing system where Halal and Haram products may share the same commercial environment. Certainly, this leads to a risk of cross-contamination; the BHCC Halal Standard modules specifically deal with the issue of cross-contamination.

BHCC standard has a definitive view of Islamic Shariah law, ‘Halal’, meaning pure and lawful, and ‘Haram’, meaning forbidden and unlawful. BHCC certified products must, therefore, meet national food safety legislation as well as Islamic Shariah law. It is for this reason that the BHCC Halal Standard encompasses issues of food safety and hygiene (where applicable, method of slaughter).

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Technical Team

BHCC’s technical team have knowledge and experience in the following areas: food science and technology, meat science and technology, biotechnology, Halal auditing, ingredients, biochemical analysis, DNA analysis, animal welfare, poultry welfare, microbiology, and pharmaceuticals.

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Gap Analysis

We shall conduct a complete & thorough analysis of your existing system, operations procedure and this will then be compared with our Halal Standard Operating Procedures (HSOPs). The end result is a Gap analysis report that could guide you to implement HSOPs and in turn, achieve BHCC Halal certification.

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BHCC Halal Audit

Halal audits are conducted by a BHCC team technically competent in auditing against the Global Halal Standard requirements. The auditing system also encompasses stages including Gap Analysis.

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Certification Audit

A certification auditor will inspect your entire production system from receiving the raw material(s) to the dispatch of the finished product(s). Implementation of HSPO’s is the key to successfully attaining a BHCC Halal Certificate.

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BHCC’s Shariah Board

BHCC Shariah Board members are qualified prominent religious scholars from a wide range of schools of thought. They have experience in Islamic Jurisprudence (Usul al-Fiqh) and Islamic Operation & Trade law (Fiqh al-Mu’amalat). The Shariah Board advises on Shariah issues brought before them by the management and the technical team. The board approves the standard, audit systems, and the follow-up surveillance inspection system.