Public Health (Food) Act · 2012 Revised Edition
10. The use of expressions “Halal” etc.
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
When used in relation to food in any form whatsoever in the course of trade or business as applied to the food, the expressions “Halal”,
food
“food” includes any substance manufactured, processed, sold or represented for use for human consumption, chewing substances, and any ingredient thereof;
“Ditanggung Halal” or “Makanan Islam” or any other expressions indicating or likely to be understood as indicating that Muslims are permitted by their religion to consume such food, such expressions shall have the following meanings, that is to say the food in relation to which such expressions or expression are used —
neither is nor consist of or contains any part or matter of an animal that a Muslim is prohibited by Hukum Syara’ to consume or that has not been slaughtered in accordance with Hukum Syara’;
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does not contain anything which is considered to be impure according to Hukum Syara’;
has not been prepared, processed or manufactured using any instrument that was not free from anything impure according to
Hukum Syara’; and
has not in the course of preparation, processing or storage been in contact with or close proximity to any food that fails to satisfy paragraph (a), (b) or (c) or anything that is considered to be impure according to Hukum Syara’.
preparation
“preparation” includes manufacture, processing and any form of treatment;
Terms defined in s 2
food
Defined · s 2“food” includes any substance manufactured, processed, sold or represented for use for human consumption, chewing substances, and any ingredient thereof;
preparation
Defined · s 2“preparation” includes manufacture, processing and any form of treatment;