Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the economic feasibility of a three-echelon Halal Meat Supply Chain (HMSC) network that is monitored by a proposed radio frequency identification (RFID)-based management system for enhancing the integrity traceability of Halal meat products and to maximize the average integrity number of Halal meat products, maximize the return of investment...

In recent years, there are many food quality problems have happened. And they have had a serious effect on people's physical and mental health. The quality tracing of livestock products have arrested the intensively attention of the society of different parts. In NingXia, which is as the main living place of Hui National people, the industry of Halal beef and mutton is one of the leading indust...

Livestock is considered central component in agricultural sector of Pakistan, provides employment to more than 8 million families. Meat and meat products holds pivotal significance in meeting dietary requirements serving as major protein source and provide essential vitamins and minerals. Globally, consumer demand is increasing for healthy, hygienic and safe meat and meat products due to growin...

Consumption of food products derived from porcine sources is strictly prohibited in Islam. Gelatin, mostly derived from bovine and porcine sources, has many applications in the food and pharmaceutical industries. To ensure that food products comply with halal regulations, development of valid and reliable analytical methods is very much required. In this study, a species-specific polymerase cha...

Islam permits the consumption of meat of halal animals/birds, only when these have been slaughtered in the prescribed manner. This involves, while reciting the name of Allah, making a quick incision on the front of the neck to cut carotid arteries, jugular veins, windpipe and oesophagus. The prerequisites include laying the animal on its left flank, preferably facing towards Kibla. This enables...

Halal butchers' premises were investigated as they had not been represented in a recent study of butchery products and butchers' premises conducted by the Local Authorities Coordinating Body on Food and Trading Standards and the PHLS. This study examined 183 raw prepared meats and 212 environmental samples from 105 halal butcher premises. Only raw meats were prepared on 97 of the premises visit...

Simple and reliable conventional multiplex-polymerase chain reaction (multiplex-PCR) as well as real-time PCR approaches for the partial-length cytochrome b or cyt b gene of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) were compared to identify seven animal species for the authenticity of low non Halal (pig, dog, cat and donkey) and high value Halal (cattle, sheep and goat) meats. Either analysis indicated the su...

Detecting pork contamination is critical for halal food preparation. A fragment of species-specific DNA from swine mitochondrial genome was selected as a target, and two oligonucleotides complementary to the target were used as probes for pork identification. The probe-conjugated gold nanoparticles bound to the target DNA, leading to the aggregation of gold nanoparticles and thus causing the co...

We present a case of a four-year-old boy who succumbed to diphtheria following incomplete course of immunisation, which included diphtheria vaccine. This case report focuses on the issues of parental refusal to vaccines and the development of "halal" vaccines for the prevention of infectious diseases.

A porcine detection methodology based on deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) extraction and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of a specific porcine fragment was used in this paper. With the advent of mass globalization and the fast growing and rapidly changing halal industry of the international market it is of vital need that a practical scientific system be applied and established in the ...