Halal Internal Audit Checklist PDF

Halal food can be broadly defined as products which comply with Islamic law and meet specific production, preparation, packaging, transportation and storage standards. Halal ingredients must follow specific slaughter methods; all food must also be free from pork and alcohol products.

With a low-code platform like DATAMYTE, it’s simple to generate Halal audit checklists and conduct multilayered process audits in order to quickly identify risk early.

Identifying Issues

A Halal audit checklist is a comprehensive document designed to ensure food production, processing, and handling procedures comply with Islamic dietary laws. This may involve inspection of raw materials used, slaughtering methods employed, storage transportation distribution processes as well as documentation creation/maintenance.

Step one in preparing for a Halal audit involves reviewing your company’s current process to ensure that it satisfies the requirements of your certifier, which can help identify which parts need improvement and then conduct internal audits to make sure changes have taken effect.

Step two is to develop written procedures for critical activities within the company and use this document to monitor company activities and ensure all employees are adhering to them properly. Finally, schedule an audit with a halal certifier to ensure all necessary documentation is ready for review.

Conducting the Audit

Companies should conduct regular internal halal audits in order to maintain high adherence levels with Halal standards and build trust with Muslim consumers. Furthermore, conducting these audits can identify areas in their operations that need improvement or modification and help identify areas for process redesign or optimization.

At an audit, companies conduct an in-depth examination of all steps associated with food production and ingredient sourcing to ensure they comply with halal laws. This involves checking raw material sources, production equipment and handling of finished products to make sure everything remains compliant.

The halal audit checklist must cover every facet of food production, from reviewing invoices and records of critical raw materials, interviewing personnel responsible for running the process and observing practices and conditions within production area to assessing capacity of halal committee regarding management commitment, qualifications and experience as well as documents such as certificates, worker identification cards and training records.

Completing the Audit

Food producers wishing to comply with Islamic standards need to conduct regular halal auditing of their products. The process entails an in-depth evaluation of ingredient procurement, production and storage; non-halal ingredients or equipment have been utilized during production processes; as soon as an audit has been successfully completed a company can rest easy knowing its products adhere to all strict religious guidelines.

Keep in mind that halal food certification is a continuous process rather than an event. Regular audits can reduce business costs by eliminating product recalls. Furthermore, audits can highlight areas in need of improvement so the company can strengthen their processes and procedures as well as avoid future contamination issues caused by non-halal ingredients or products. With low-code workflow automation software such as DATAMYTE Digital Clipboard making creating audit checklists more simple than ever using their drag-and-drop interface, easily creating customized checklists tailored to individual company requirements can make creating audit checklists much easier compared with traditional processes alone.

Analyzing the Results

A halal audit examines a company’s production, processing, and handling procedures to ensure they adhere to Islamic dietary laws. This requires using only halal ingredients and following specific slaughtering methods as well as preventing cross contamination by keeping any non-halal components out of their food products.

Food companies producing halal foods should implement internal audit checklists to ensure employees adhere to these regulations, helping maintain the integrity of its halal certification and giving Muslim consumers confidence that what they purchase from this business are truly halal products.

With a low-code platform like DATAMYTE, it’s easy to create and execute Halal audit checklists as well as conduct process audits that identify any risk or noncompliance areas. Start now – book a demo with us to discover more how DATAMYTE can assist with Halal internal audits!