Cybercrime and fraud on the rise as the global pandemic and the Russo-Ukrainian War accelerates.
The global COVID-19 pandemic, combined with the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine, has sparked an increase in cybercrime and fraud and exposed the halal sector – reliant on compliance with detailed production and sales standards – as a soft target.
The issue is compounded by the proliferation of halal certificates as the sector expands worldwide. However, in the light of no accepted global standard, how do ingredients purchasers, food product traders, retailers and consumers know if a certificate is genuine and whether a product sold under its name was made according to its production guidelines?
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Sarah Gibbons and Poorna Rodrigo