Oleh : Intan Khazaimah
Have you ever experienced a moment where you were eating a very scrumptious foods, but suddenly someone stopped you and said “Wait, are you sure that is halal?” Have you ever realized what we have taken will be our blood and flesh and if what you eat is good, then you body, your soul as well as your attitudes will also be good, and the same thing goes otherwise around. Philosopher said that you are what you eat. In addition, our pray and ‘doa’ also will not be accepted by Allah. But, how to differentiate halal food as there are too many foods in the market today? Authentic halal foods can be recognized by looking at the ‘halal logo’ on the packaging. We also can do scanning through the contents and ingredients and checking itthrough technologies.
First and foremost thing to do is look at its
‘halal logo’. Make sure that the ‘halal logo’ is the one that approved by
Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (JAKIM). Some of the ‘halal logo’ had been
banned because there are many doubts in terms of Islamic law and no recognition
from JAKIM. According to Halal Food Malaysia (2011), firstly, look at its
words, there must be “ﺡﻝﺁﻝ” and
MALAYSIA words written on the logo, the color is normally black but other than
that is accepted due to its suitability to cover and add an aesthetic value to
the product, there is an eight-point star in the middle of the circle, two
five-pointed star is placed to separate the Roman character and the Arabic word
which is in the center of the stars and all that in one circle (refer to
appendix). For your information, JAKIM will only approved the products that
have follow all the law listed such as, the product must not consist of or contain
any animal parts from which Muslims are banned by Islamic law to eat or not slaughtered
according to Islamic Law, it’s does not contain any substance declared as filth
according to Islamic law, it is not prepared, processed or manufactured using
any device that is not free from unclean things such as pork’s blood, etc.
Sometimes the food is not in the preparation, processing or storing in contact
or close to any food that does not meet the requirements listed previously or
any substance declared as filth according to Islamic Law.
