Gelatin as an ingredient in food and pharmaceutical products: an Islamic perspective

Islam is one of thevarious religions on the face of this earth which has categorized the type of foods suitable for human consumption. Thus, the integral concept of Islam that governs the quality and sanctity of food is halalantayyaban i.e; lawful and pure.Gelatin, an animal by-product owing to its...

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Main Authors:	Shah, Harmen, Yusof, Faridah
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Language:	English English
Published:	AENSI Publications 2014
Subjects:	Q Science (General)
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spelling	iium-392192017-09-13T01:26:01Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/39219/ Gelatin as an ingredient in food and pharmaceutical products: an Islamic perspective Shah, Harmen Yusof, Faridah Q Science (General) Islam is one of thevarious religions on the face of this earth which has categorized the type of foods suitable for human consumption. Thus, the integral concept of Islam that governs the quality and sanctity of food is halalantayyaban i.e; lawful and pure.Gelatin, an animal by-product owing to its gelling property finds immense application in the processing and manufacturing of various foods and pharmaceutical products. But the question is whether the source of gelatin is halal or non-halal. The studies show that a major proportion of gelatin supplied globally comes from pig. Pertaining to this data, the majorMuslim population is under threatas Islam prohibits the consumption of pork in any form except to save one‟s life under life threatening condition which Allah SWT clearly mentions inQuran.This paper points out the situations under which the gelatine inspite of being from halal sources becomes haram.It also attempts to highlight the concept of fiqhistihalah and its process. The paper further focuses on the issues related to gelatin in food and pharmaceutical industry and discusses the legal aspects assigned towards the regulation and monitoring of halal and non-halal products specially the halal food quality standards in Malaysia. AENSI Publications 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/39219/1/P_44.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/39219/4/39219_Gelatin%20as%20an%20ingredient_Scopus.pdf Shah, Harmen and Yusof, Faridah (2014) Gelatin as an ingredient in food and pharmaceutical products: an Islamic perspective. Advances in Environmental Biology, 8 (3). pp. 774-780. ISSN 1995-0756 E-ISSN 1998-1066
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description	Islam is one of thevarious religions on the face of this earth which has categorized the type of foods suitable for human consumption. Thus, the integral concept of Islam that governs the quality and sanctity of food is halalantayyaban i.e; lawful and pure.Gelatin, an animal by-product owing to its gelling property finds immense application in the processing and manufacturing of various foods and pharmaceutical products. But the question is whether the source of gelatin is halal or non-halal. The studies show that a major proportion of gelatin supplied globally comes from pig. Pertaining to this data, the majorMuslim population is under threatas Islam prohibits the consumption of pork in any form except to save one‟s life under life threatening condition which Allah SWT clearly mentions inQuran.This paper points out the situations under which the gelatine inspite of being from halal sources becomes haram.It also attempts to highlight the concept of fiqhistihalah and its process. The paper further focuses on the issues related to gelatin in food and pharmaceutical industry and discusses the legal aspects assigned towards the regulation and monitoring of halal and non-halal products specially the halal food quality standards in Malaysia.
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title	Gelatin as an ingredient in food and pharmaceutical products: an Islamic perspective
title_short	Gelatin as an ingredient in food and pharmaceutical products: an Islamic perspective
title_full	Gelatin as an ingredient in food and pharmaceutical products: an Islamic perspective
title_fullStr	Gelatin as an ingredient in food and pharmaceutical products: an Islamic perspective
title_full_unstemmed	Gelatin as an ingredient in food and pharmaceutical products: an Islamic perspective
title_sort	gelatin as an ingredient in food and pharmaceutical products: an islamic perspective
publisher	AENSI Publications
publishDate	2014
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Gelatin as an ingredient in food and pharmaceutical products: an Islamic perspective

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