manufacturers hire halal certifiers to certify their products so
that they can sell to muslim consumer, in other words manufactures
pay halal certifiers to inspect their production to ensure that
there is no "haram" substance. after inspection halal certifiers
label the products halal. manufacturers do this to make sure that
they expand their consumer market to include muslims.
halal is a requirement for muslims which means that halal food
is fit for consumption under islamic law.
in singapore muslims are a minority. but alot of food have halal
certificate to ensure that the food is fit for consumption by
muslims.
I shall attempt to answer your question in the spirit of sharing
knowledge. I certainly hope that you are not being deliberately
inflammatory.
or are manufacturers compulsory required by the singapore
government to ensure that all non-pork products are halal?
The Halal certification is strictly voluntary... Like ISO for
instance. Its a essentially a "quality mark" to assure muslims that
the meat products that are being sold under the brand, or by the
establishment, meets the standards required by their religion.
if every single non-pork products manufacterers pay halal
certifiers to get the halal certificate where does the money go
to?
To MUIS, to administer the Halal scheme.
why must the products be halal certified so that muslims can
consume when non-muslims are the majority?
They seriously do not need it if all they want to do is sell to
non-muslims. simply walk through the supermarket and u will find
that most products do not have that mark, especially the imported
ones.
Same for restaurants. If they want to serve alcohol on the
premise, then they have to forgo the halal certification and
realise that some muslims may not want to eat there.
do non-mulims pay the tax for halal certification?
The cost of certification is not much lah... If u must break it
down, u'll be paying at most 1 - 2 cents (1 cent for the halal
mark, 1 cent for the assessment cost, if u must apportion a
cost)
http://www.muis.gov.sg/cms/services/hal.aspx?id=187
If u feel that strongly about it, don't buy anything that has
the halal mark.
The halal mark helps companies to sell to muslim customers and
muslim customers to identify things which they can safely
consume.
Its not about ethnic majority or minority. Its ensuring that
every segment of customer is well served. If it was not
commercially viable to have the halal cert, u think businesses will
care???
