Malaysia’s JAKIM to launch annual international halal award next year

Photo: SME Corporation Malaysia, Chief Executive Officer Datuk Hafsah Hashim, flanked by Director of Halal Hub Division, Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (JAKIM), Dato’ Dr. Sirajuddin Bin Suhaimee, on her right and Serunai Commerce chief executive officer and founder of Global Halal Data Pool & Verify Halal, Amnah Shaari, announces the introduction of the International Halal Awards during the conference at Borneo Convention Centre Kuching on November 21, 2017 in Malaysia

KUCHING, SARAWAK, MALAYSIA - Malaysia’s national halal certifier, the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia, better known by its Malay acronym JAKIM, is planning an award to highlight and reward compliance and excellence of halal certifying bodies it recognises and the companies certified by them, the authority announced yesterday at a press event in Sarawak, Malaysia.

Halal standards developed by the Department of Standards Malaysia and implemented by JAKIM are seen as an important benchmark for the halal industry globally and are widely adopted by certifying bodies in other countries in the absence of a single global halal standard.

“The International Halal Award are a natural extension of JAKIM’s global standing in the industry as we use it to highlight and reward those who go above and beyond when it comes to compliance, innovation, excellence, sales, integrity, transparency, academia and technology,” said Sirajuddin bin Suhaimee, director of JAKIM’s halal hub division.