Application submission
The applicant submits an enquiry via our website or by email to kontakt@institutehalal.com. After submitting the enquiry, they will receive a preliminary offer together with a Halal certification application form (PIH/AFC010117). After accepting the offer, the applicant should send the signed and completed application form (PIH/AFC010117) together with all the required documents, including product specifications and ingredient lists.
Application review
All documents will be forwarded to the customer's account manager and then to the technical team for evaluation, which will take up to 5 working days. After successful verification and approval of the documents, the applicant will receive a positive/negative decision regarding the further Halal certification process. In the event of a positive decision, a certification agreement will be signed between both parties. An audit date will then be set.
On-site Audit
A team of Halal auditors, consisting of at least a Technical Auditor and a Religious Expert, will conduct the audit. After the audit is completed, the applicant has 10 working days to submit a corrective action plan and 90 days to implement it and prepare a report on the removal of non-conformities identified during the audit. Failure to meet the deadline will result in the termination of the certification process. Failure to remedy the non-conformities within 90 days of their notification will result in the Halal certification process having to be restarted.
Decision and Halal Certification Issuance
Once all non-conformities have been resolved, the auditor's report is forwarded to the Decision-Making Committee. In the event of a positive decision, a Halal certificate is issued, which will be valid for 1 to 3 years, depending on the degree of critical elements in the production processes or in the plant. The decision to issue or refuse to issue a Halal certificate is made by the Committee within five working days.
