Halal Products Criteria Certification E-Numbers Ingredients Fiqh FAQ News Halal Bar Soap Halal If No Alcohol Used in Fragrance Carmex's Click Stick & Other Products Are Halal Some Bayer's Extra Strength Tablets Are Free From Animal Derived Ingredients & Alcohol Alerts Changes In the Halal Status Of Wrigley Gums Prilosac OTC Are Not Halal Not All Bayer's Asprin Products Are Halal Not All Kosher Certified Foods Are Halal Red Bull Energy Drink Are Not Halal Links Muslim Consumer Group home contact Us site map   Data Collection Consultation / Ulema Defining Halal Defining Haram   Methods of Data Collection Visiting 6 major supermarkets in Toronto, ON Canada in July 2005, examining each product for ingredients declaration on the package. Checking for different kosher symbols on the package which meet with the Islamic dietary requirements, excluding 1) Gelatin (2) Kosher Gelatin (3) L-Cysteine made from human hair or chicken or duck feathers(4) Wine (5) Liquor (6) Beer batter (7) Rum flavor (8) Ethyl Alcohol as a main ingredient appears on the ingredient list (9) Cochineal or Carmine, a red color from insects (10) Naturally Brewed Soy Sauce (11) Yeast Extract or Autolyzed Yeast made from brewer's yeast, a by product of beer making (12) Torula Yeast grown on alcohol (13) Nucleotides (building block of nucleic acid) are obtained from yeast cells grown on alcohol, used in Infant Milk formulas to help babies build a good immune, digestive system and decreased incident of diarrhea (14) Vanilla Extract (15) Wine Vinegar (16) Ethyl alcohol is used as a solvent in natural and artificial flavors. Inquiring (limited) with the food manufacturers for the source of questionable ingredients, incidental ingredients or processing aid by phone. In the absence of a Halal or kosher symbol, selecting a food product which is made with Halal ingredients only determined by 30 years of diversified food manufacturing, R & D, Quality Assurance experience in food industry, knowledge of food ingredients and working experience with Nabisco Canada products such Christie and Peek Frean brands.  Consultation With Islamic Scholars We are grateful to following Ulema or Islamic Scholars who help us in deciding the Halal status of certain food ingredients and food products based on their knowledge of Islamic dietary requirements: Our main religious advisors: Mufti Mohammed Hafeezur Rahman Khan of Chicago Muslim Sunni Society, Chicago, IL (773-275-7130) Mufti Syed Ahmedul Quadri of Islamic Academy, Dallas, TX (972-423-2626) Other religious advisors whom we consult occasionally: Mufti Mohammed Farid Baig of Fairfield, CA Mufti Mohammed Obiedur Rahman of Stockton, CA The Mufti Saheban of Jame-Nizamia, Hyderabad, India Islamic Scholars at Islamonline.net Defining Halal The Halal status was given to a food product on the following basis: The food product is made from only pure Halal ingredients with Halal processing aid and no natural or artificial flavors (except without alcohol). The Halal food product is not made with pork, pork-by-products, bacon, ham, lard, pig enzymes, any other meat-by-products, natural and artificial flavors with alcohol, brewer's yeast extracts, gelatin, kosher gelatin (except fish gelatin) and L-Cysteine from human hair or from chicken or duck feathers. Genuine Kosher certification was also used as criteria for assigning the Halal status for a food product, which meets the Islamic dietary requirements. The reason we use genuine Kosher certification because no Halal certified food products are available in Canadian supermarkets except very few. The use of genuine Kosher certified food products as Halal is for temporary period only until the Halal symbol carrying food products are available in supermarkets throughout Canada. Not all Kosher certified food products are Halal. The only one is Halal, which meets the Islamic dietary requirements. According to Quran our good & pure foods are Halal for Ahlekitab and their good and pure foods are Halal for us. But we and our Ulema do not consider Kosher slaughtered meat is Halal because Allah's name is not pronounced on all animals, only first and last. Halal If No Alcohol Is Used In Flavors The criteria for food products under this category is the same as the Halal category except the food products here are made with natural or artificial flavors. The natural and artificial flavors used in those food products may or may not contain alcohol as a solvent but the flavors in question are not made with animal derived ingredients but they are genuinely kosher certified. It is beyond our scope to inquire about the presence or absence of alcohol in each food product in this category through e-mail or phone to food companies. We request our brothers and sisters to call food manufacturers through their 800 number to find out about presence or absence of alcohol in flavors. Please ask them whether alcohol was used as a solvent in flavors. Alcohol is a hidden ingredient in flavors. The food companies do not have to mention alcohol in ingredients statement according to food regulations. Some Islamic scholars would not consider a food product Halal if alcohol or if flavor having alcohol as a solvent was used as an ingredient even if it was completely evaporated during processing. But few Islamic scholars consider this product containing alcohol in flavor can be consumed by Muslims because they said that the large or small quantity of this product does not intoxicate a person. Please consult your Islamic scholar on this topic. Defining Haram The following food products are included in this category: The Haram food products that are made with pork-by-product and wine. The food products that are made with kosher gelatin and bear the kosher symbol. The food products that are Kosher certified with kosher symbol on it but do not meet the Islamic dietary requirements. The products made with ingredients derived from non-zabiha meat by-products. The products made from fat based ingredients without Halal or kosher certification and with no guarantee they meet the Islamic dietary requirements. The products that are made from natural and artificial flavors which are not Halal or Kosher certified with or with out alcohol as a solvent. The products that are made with alcoholic fermentation and may contain 2-3 % alcohol such as naturally brewed soy sauce. The products that are made with human hair or chicken or duck feathers L- Cysteine with or with out kosher certification. The products that are made with questionable ingredients and whose source is not verified as Halal.    Last Modified: Sunday April 09 2006

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