Halal pharmaceuticals

Halal products are fast gaining worldwide recognition as a new benchmark for safety and quality assurance. Products with halal certification are confidently accepted by consumers especially Muslims as well as those of other religions. Undoubtedly halal product industry has been an emerging industry...

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Main Authors: Ab Halim, Mustafa 'Afifi, Mohd Kashim, Mohd Izhar Ariff, Mohd Salleh, Mohd Mahyeddin, Nordin, Norhaslinda, Muhammad Husni, Ahmad
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Published: Medwell Journal 2015
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spelling iium-698992019-04-02T02:44:53Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/69899/ Halal pharmaceuticals Ab Halim, Mustafa 'Afifi Mohd Kashim, Mohd Izhar Ariff Mohd Salleh, Mohd Mahyeddin Nordin, Norhaslinda Muhammad Husni, Ahmad KBP3075 Public health KBP3123 Animal protection. Animal welfare. Animal rights Halal products are fast gaining worldwide recognition as a new benchmark for safety and quality assurance. Products with halal certification are confidently accepted by consumers especially Muslims as well as those of other religions. Undoubtedly halal product industry has been an emerging industry in Malaysia and all over the world. Recognizing the new concept of halal industry presents an opportunity for manufacturers to make better strategies and innovations in producing their products toward halal certification. Today, halal products are not focused only on food but all products including pharmaceuticals. Since most of Malaysian population are Muslims, the Malaysian Standard on halal pharmaceuticals has been launched to ensure that manufacturers comply with the standard to produce them. This article studies on the fatwa related to pharmaceuticals such as usage of drug, gelatine and alcohol in pharmaceutical products. Apart from that, this paper also looks into the Malaysian Standard of Halal Pharmaceutical - General Guidelines, 2010 and other policies and regulations which have been set by the government. The finding shows that there is an unresolved issue of Shari’ah for pharmaceutical products due to the different opinions of fuqaha’. However, there are also many policies and guidelines on halal pharmaceuticals in Malaysia which are good for Muslim consumers. Medwell Journal 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/69899/1/1-%20%282015%29%20-%20Vol.%2010%2C%20No.%204%20%28490-498%29%20Halal%20pharmaceutical.pdf Ab Halim, Mustafa 'Afifi and Mohd Kashim, Mohd Izhar Ariff and Mohd Salleh, Mohd Mahyeddin and Nordin, Norhaslinda and Muhammad Husni, Ahmad (2015) Halal pharmaceuticals. The Social Sciences, 10 (4). pp. 490-498. ISSN 1818-5800 E-ISSN 1993-6125 https://www.medwelljournals.com/abstract/?doi=sscience.2015.490.498 10.3923/sscience.2015.490.498
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topic KBP3075 Public health
KBP3123 Animal protection. Animal welfare. Animal rights
spellingShingle KBP3075 Public health
KBP3123 Animal protection. Animal welfare. Animal rights
Ab Halim, Mustafa 'Afifi
Mohd Kashim, Mohd Izhar Ariff
Mohd Salleh, Mohd Mahyeddin
Nordin, Norhaslinda
Muhammad Husni, Ahmad
Halal pharmaceuticals
description Halal products are fast gaining worldwide recognition as a new benchmark for safety and quality assurance. Products with halal certification are confidently accepted by consumers especially Muslims as well as those of other religions. Undoubtedly halal product industry has been an emerging industry in Malaysia and all over the world. Recognizing the new concept of halal industry presents an opportunity for manufacturers to make better strategies and innovations in producing their products toward halal certification. Today, halal products are not focused only on food but all products including pharmaceuticals. Since most of Malaysian population are Muslims, the Malaysian Standard on halal pharmaceuticals has been launched to ensure that manufacturers comply with the standard to produce them. This article studies on the fatwa related to pharmaceuticals such as usage of drug, gelatine and alcohol in pharmaceutical products. Apart from that, this paper also looks into the Malaysian Standard of Halal Pharmaceutical - General Guidelines, 2010 and other policies and regulations which have been set by the government. The finding shows that there is an unresolved issue of Shari’ah for pharmaceutical products due to the different opinions of fuqaha’. However, there are also many policies and guidelines on halal pharmaceuticals in Malaysia which are good for Muslim consumers.
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author Ab Halim, Mustafa 'Afifi
Mohd Kashim, Mohd Izhar Ariff
Mohd Salleh, Mohd Mahyeddin
Nordin, Norhaslinda
Muhammad Husni, Ahmad
author_facet Ab Halim, Mustafa 'Afifi
Mohd Kashim, Mohd Izhar Ariff
Mohd Salleh, Mohd Mahyeddin
Nordin, Norhaslinda
Muhammad Husni, Ahmad
author_sort Ab Halim, Mustafa 'Afifi
title Halal pharmaceuticals
title_short Halal pharmaceuticals
title_full Halal pharmaceuticals
title_fullStr Halal pharmaceuticals
title_full_unstemmed Halal pharmaceuticals
title_sort halal pharmaceuticals
publisher Medwell Journal
publishDate 2015
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/69899/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/69899/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/69899/
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