The concept and component of contaminated animals (Al-Jallalah Animals)
Nowadays, food safety and quality have become critical issues of great concern throughout the world. The issue of Halal food particularly has attracted public attention in Malaysia. Muslim consumers should be sure about the food quality in Halal Food Products starting from the ingredients. The co...
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Faculty of Food Science & Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
2017
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/57456/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/57456/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/57456/1/57456_The%20concept%20and%20component%20of%20contaminated.pdf |
| Summary: | Nowadays, food safety and quality have become critical issues of great concern throughout the
world. The issue of Halal food particularly has attracted public attention in Malaysia. Muslim
consumers should be sure about the food quality in Halal Food Products starting from the
ingredients. The confidence can be gained when the whole processes from the production,
processing and distribution of the products are traced and confirmed to be Shariah-compliant
ones. One of the current important issues nowadays which set as a background of this research
is feeding animals with unclean food or unnatural feed to the animals. According to Islamic
Jurisprudence, these animals are termed as al-Jallalah or contaminated animals, they are called
Coprophagia or Coprophagy. ‘Jalla’ means contaminant or impurity. There are several issues
of aquatic animals which need a clear clarification on their status whether they are Halal or
haram to be consumed. For example, catfish (Clariasbatrachus, Linnaeus), which is fed with
filth or najs and catfish (Pangasiushypopthalmus) which is fed with derivatives of pig organs in
several ponds at Batu Gajah, Tronoh and Papan, Perak. The mixture in animals feed with such
impurities is applied to save the maintenance and fasten the growing of fish. This research aims
to identify the concept of al-Jallalah and its characteristics. It also aims to develop the standard
of the contaminated animals (al-Jallalah) and to create new mobile application on this issue for
the future development of meat and poultry industry. This study helps to enhance the quality
of meat and poultry, to provide consumers with informative choices and it can be used as a
marketing tool for the Halal Industry in the future. |
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