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Practices of food producers in producing halal food products in Malaysia

Malaysian Government has taken proactive steps in making Malaysia as a regional halal hub. Tremendous potential in the development and production of halal products especially food should be expected. The aim of this study is therefore to investigate the level of practice by the food producers in pro...

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Main Authors: Mat Issa @ Zakaria, Zuraini, Hamdan, Haslenna, Wan Muda, Wan Rohanizan, Jusoff, Kamaruzaman
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Published: Institute of Interdisciplinary Business Research 2009
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spelling my.upm.eprints.162762016-11-15T04:20:35Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16276/ Practices of food producers in producing halal food products in Malaysia Mat Issa @ Zakaria, Zuraini Hamdan, Haslenna Wan Muda, Wan Rohanizan Jusoff, Kamaruzaman Malaysian Government has taken proactive steps in making Malaysia as a regional halal hub. Tremendous potential in the development and production of halal products especially food should be expected. The aim of this study is therefore to investigate the level of practice by the food producers in producing halal food products. Studied variables are adherence on halal labeling, understanding on halal process and procedures and awareness on halal demand, and associated factor including food producers’ practices. A set of questionnaires was designed and sent to 60 selected food producers in Malaysia by post. The data collected were then analyzed using the SPSS version 13 for descriptive statistics, Pearson Correlation Coefficient, and also multiple regressions. The results showed that most of the respondents, who are Muslim food producers, claimed that they have obtained halal certification from JAKIM. The results also revealed that all the adherence towards halal labeling, understand the halal processes and procedures, and aware of consumers’ demand towards halal food have significantly related to the halal practices and were moderately positively correlated. This present study can be used to serve as a basis for future research in determining the level of halal practices by all food producers in Malaysia. Institute of Interdisciplinary Business Research 2009-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16276/1/Practices%20of%20food%20producers%20in%20producing%20halal%20food%20products%20in%20Malaysia.pdf Mat Issa @ Zakaria, Zuraini and Hamdan, Haslenna and Wan Muda, Wan Rohanizan and Jusoff, Kamaruzaman (2009) Practices of food producers in producing halal food products in Malaysia. Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business, 1 (7). pp. 53-63. ISSN 2073-7122 http://ijcrb.webs.com/archives.htm
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description Malaysian Government has taken proactive steps in making Malaysia as a regional halal hub. Tremendous potential in the development and production of halal products especially food should be expected. The aim of this study is therefore to investigate the level of practice by the food producers in producing halal food products. Studied variables are adherence on halal labeling, understanding on halal process and procedures and awareness on halal demand, and associated factor including food producers’ practices. A set of questionnaires was designed and sent to 60 selected food producers in Malaysia by post. The data collected were then analyzed using the SPSS version 13 for descriptive statistics, Pearson Correlation Coefficient, and also multiple regressions. The results showed that most of the respondents, who are Muslim food producers, claimed that they have obtained halal certification from JAKIM. The results also revealed that all the adherence towards halal labeling, understand the halal processes and procedures, and aware of consumers’ demand towards halal food have significantly related to the halal practices and were moderately positively correlated. This present study can be used to serve as a basis for future research in determining the level of halal practices by all food producers in Malaysia.
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author Mat Issa @ Zakaria, Zuraini
Hamdan, Haslenna
Wan Muda, Wan Rohanizan
Jusoff, Kamaruzaman
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Hamdan, Haslenna
Wan Muda, Wan Rohanizan
Jusoff, Kamaruzaman
Practices of food producers in producing halal food products in Malaysia
author_facet Mat Issa @ Zakaria, Zuraini
Hamdan, Haslenna
Wan Muda, Wan Rohanizan
Jusoff, Kamaruzaman
author_sort Mat Issa @ Zakaria, Zuraini
title Practices of food producers in producing halal food products in Malaysia
title_short Practices of food producers in producing halal food products in Malaysia
title_full Practices of food producers in producing halal food products in Malaysia
title_fullStr Practices of food producers in producing halal food products in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Practices of food producers in producing halal food products in Malaysia
title_sort practices of food producers in producing halal food products in malaysia
publisher Institute of Interdisciplinary Business Research
publishDate 2009
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16276/1/Practices%20of%20food%20producers%20in%20producing%20halal%20food%20products%20in%20Malaysia.pdf
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