Evaluation of knowledge and practices of halal certification among food processing companies in Sabah Malaysia


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Nuratifah A. S., . and Sharifudin M. S., . and Mariam A. L, . Evaluation of knowledge and practices of halal certification among food processing companies in Sabah Malaysia. pp. 295-304. ISSN 2231-7546

Abstract

Malaysia Halal Certification Procedure Manual 2014 Guidelines for Halal Assurance Management System of Malaysia Halal Certification 2011 Department of Standard (2009; 2013) Food Act 1983 Food Regulations 1985 and Food Hygiene Regulations 2009 are the basic references adopted for halal certification used by JAKIM and other authorities. The present work aimed to examine the knowledge and practices in managing the halal certification amongst halal managers throughout the State of Sabah. A total of 27 questionnaires were completed and returned for the research purpose covering 45 of the response rate. Nonprobability sampling and quantitative approach has been used in the present work for the data collection and analysis. The obtained data were analysed by SPSS to obtain the descriptive and inferential statistics. The mean and standard deviation showed that all the values (knowledge of halal concept 5.850.45; knowledge of HAS 136.48 7.72; and practices of halalan tayyiba 28.11 1.28) almost yielded the maximum score. Length of employment appeared to be an important factor for the halal assurance system (HAS) knowledge level (p 0.05) whereas ethnicity and product cluster appeared to be the influencing factors for halalan tayyiba practices level (p 0.05). Therefore it could be concluded that the effectiveness of implementing the halal management can be increased with knowledge and best ethical practices.


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Malaysia Halal Certification Procedure Manual 2014 Guidelines for Halal Assurance Management System of Malaysia Halal Certification 2011 Department of Standard (2009; 2013) Food Act 1983 Food Regulations 1985 and Food Hygiene Regulations 2009 are the basic references adopted for halal certification used by JAKIM and other authorities. The present work aimed to examine the knowledge and practices in managing the halal certification amongst halal managers throughout the State of Sabah. A total of 27 questionnaires were completed and returned for the research purpose covering 45 of the response rate. Nonprobability sampling and quantitative approach has been used in the present work for the data collection and analysis. The obtained data were analysed by SPSS to obtain the descriptive and inferential statistics. The mean and standard deviation showed that all the values (knowledge of halal concept 5.850.45; knowledge of HAS 136.48 7.72; and practices of halalan tayyiba 28.11 1.28) almost yielded the maximum score. Length of employment appeared to be an important factor for the halal assurance system (HAS) knowledge level (p 0.05) whereas ethnicity and product cluster appeared to be the influencing factors for halalan tayyiba practices level (p 0.05). Therefore it could be concluded that the effectiveness of implementing the halal management can be increased with knowledge and best ethical practices.

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Item Type: Article
AGROVOC Term: Certification
AGROVOC Term: Quality certification
AGROVOC Term: Hygiene
AGROVOC Term: Companies
AGROVOC Term: Food processing
AGROVOC Term: Questionnaires
AGROVOC Term: Evaluation
AGROVOC Term: best practices
AGROVOC Term: Farm managers
AGROVOC Term: Employment
Depositing User: Mr. AFANDI ABDUL MALEK
Last Modified: 24 Apr 2025 00:53
URI: http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7789

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