Halal Industry Development Corporation

Halal is not merely a way of life - it is a global industry. With a stake in

commercial sectors worldwide, Halal Development has become a significant
contributor to all facets of economic growth. Established on 18 September 2006,
Halal Industry Development Corporation coordinates the overall development of
the Halal industry in Malaysia. Focusing on development of Halal standards, audit
and certification, plus capacity building for Halal products and services, HDC
promotes participation and facilitates growth of Malaysian companies in the
global Halal market.
Intent on building a global Halal community, HDC brings the Malaysian
Halal industry in unison toward a common goal. By nurturing growth and
participation of local businesses into the global Halal market, HDC sets the bar
for Halal best practices in Malaysia to enrich the development of Halal standards
globally. Through unsurpassed knowledge and experience, HDC is the gateway
towards a better understanding of Halal for all.

Vision

Mission :

To create value for businesses participating in the Global Halal

Industry and

Malaysia as the Global Halal Hub

to benefit Malaysia's economy.

Roles and Responsibilities

HDC is Malaysia's response to the momentum now building up worldwide, for
better quality products and services as consumers gain confidence in the Halal
process. It will provide manufacturers, distributors, retailers, entrepreneurs,
researchers and investors all the necessary assistance to penetrate the global
Halal market through the adoption of the Malaysian experience and expertise in
food and non-food sectors.

The roles and responsibilities of HDC are thus:

1. To lead the development of Halal standards, audit and certification procedures
in order to protect the integrity of Halal.
2. To direct and coordinate the development of Malaysia's Halal industry amongst
all stake holders - both public and private.
3. To manage capacity building for Halal producers and related service providers.
4. To support investment into Malaysia's Halal industry.
5. To facilitate the growth and participation of Malaysian companies in the global
Halal market.
6. To develop, promote and market the Malaysian Halal brand.
7. To promote the concept of Halal and related goods and services.

In line with its task of increasing awareness on halal, HDC offers halaloriented custom training modules, certification guidelines, and technical advisory
services for anyone who seeks to better understand what halal is all about. The
programmes touch on syariah laws, certification processes, consumerism and
food safety and are in accordance with Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point
System (HACCP), ISO 9001, ISO 22000, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
standards and other related management systems.
Malaysia is the only country in the world whereby the government
provides full support in promoting the Halal Certification process on products and
services. Halal certification bodies in other countries are either developed by the
individual provinces or states or backed by their non-governmental organizations
(NGOs). Halal Certification provides assurance to all Muslim consumers because
it fulfill the Syariah law, which is a must for Muslims. To the non-Muslims, Halal
products are quality products, simply due to the concept of halalan thoyyiban
(Halal and wholesome) as HDC strongly advises all Halal certification applicants
to comply with GMP and HACCP requirements. Thus, products certified Halal by
JAKIM are Halal products which are safe to consume or use, nutritious and with
quality.

One way that is suggested to encourage bumiputera individuals to get involved

in halal industry is by conducting a workshop or held a talk. It is aiming for the
realization the importance to grab this opportunity and the benefits that will be
gain if involved in halal industry. Besides that, it is to ensure that they know how
to get involve in Halal industry, a most of them does not know the way to be in
halal industry.
In the workshop or the seminar, bumiputera would know the opportunities that
actually provided for them due to the expansion of halal industry itself. Halal
industry is not only in food sectors but are also in cosmetics, ingredients and
additive, logistics, pharmaceuticals, Islamic finance, drugs and vaccines, and
animal feeds. This shows that the opportunity in halal industries is not only in
food sector as being thinking by most people in the world as it is about halal.
Besides that ,the global market for potential halal market is about 2.3 trillion.
Halal industry starts growing and developing widely because of sizeable and
growing Muslim population. Muslim population in 2012 was 2.1 billion and based
on the forecasting data, it is about 27% of global population. Growing economic
development in Muslim countries also be the reason for halal industry
development. It is also because of the potential Halal market in Non-Muslim
countries such as China and India. These actually providing a wide range of job
opportunities in Halal market and industry as definitely more workers and
employees are needed to fulfill the demand of halal products and require a lot
of procedure within a lot of activities.
Bumiputera should realize they have opportunity not only in Malaysia but also in
USA, Europe, Middle East, China, Africa, Central Asia, and South East Asia and
mostly in Middle East as constitution of Muslim in there is 90%. As in Malaysia
itself consist of 3413 of certified Halal Company. Job opportunities are opened
within the Malaysia, as the trusted halal center and also abroad of the country.
Halal industry providing a lot of offers, which are , capacity building, Global Halal
Support Center,

Training and Consultancy, Investment Facilitation,

Trade

Facilitation, and Branding and Positioning. These also open the chance for job
opportunities for bumiputera.

Halal

industry also

providing

Halal

Talent

Development, that assist people to get involved in Halal industry. It is provided

Training and Consultancy, which is more than 50,000 individuals were trained in
halal compliances and more than 1000 are Halal skilled workers.