If the feed is not halal-compliant, the meat is not either. One certificate covers livestock feed and pet food. Apply for halal certification in just 5 minutes.
Your AHF certification is recognized by these government bodies and accreditation councils, with no duplicate audits and no separate fees.
Halal Product Assurance Organizing Body (BPJPH)
Indonesia
The Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (JAKIM)
Malaysia
World Halal Food Council (WHFC)
Global
The Central Islamic Council of Thailand (CICOT)
Thailand
GCC Accreditation Center (GAC)
Saudi Arabia
Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS)
Singapore
Saudi Halal CenterSaudi Arabia
Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO)Saudi ArabiaHalal Product Assurance Organizing Body (BPJPH)IndonesiaThe Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (JAKIM)MalaysiaWorld Halal Food Council (WHFC)GlobalThe Central Islamic Council of Thailand (CICOT)ThailandGCC Accreditation Center (GAC)Saudi ArabiaMajlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS)SingaporeSaudi Halal CenterSaudi ArabiaSaudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO)Saudi ArabiaFeed and pet food are decided at rendered meals, fats, palatants and mill controls. This is what the audit actually examines across livestock feed and pet food SKUs.
Feed mills run dozens of formulas through the same equipment. Halal and non-halal rations on shared lines are the primary contamination route.
Feed mills control carryover by flushing and by run order rather than by full washdown, so the production sequence itself becomes an auditable control.
Rendered protein and fat streams are the highest-risk inputs in the category, and species separation happens at the renderer, not at your mill.
Bulk bins, augers, totes and tankers carry residue between loads, and transport is frequently outsourced.
Feed formulations change with commodity prices, so the certificate has to survive frequent reformulation.
It does. A halal slaughter program requires feed that is itself halal-compliant and free of porcine by-products. If your feed cannot evidence that, it is your customer's certificate at risk before it is yours.
In Muslim-majority markets they do, and increasingly elsewhere. The concern is handling and keeping a pork-derived product in the home, not eating it.
Three reasons feed manufacturers certify, and a fourth that only applies to you: meat, poultry and aquaculture programs need documented halal-compliant feed.
AHF is a leading globally accredited Halal certification provider, with over $1 Billion + in revenue growth achieved by businesses through its certifications.
AHF certifies to the highest halal standards acceptable to all 2 billion halal consumers.
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Halal certification covers both sides of the partnership. Here is what each party is responsible for.
Halal pet food is made from ingredients that comply with Islamic dietary laws, so that a Muslim household can buy, store and handle the product without concern. Certification guarantees the product is permissible for use by Muslim pet owners.
Meat meals, rendered fats, palatants and chews are where the category is decided. Ingredients derived from non-halal animals, particularly pork or animals not slaughtered according to Islamic rites, are excluded, as are alcohol and enzymes from non-halal sources.
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Halal animal feed is formulated and manufactured so that every protein meal, fat, additive and premix carrier derives from a permissible source, and so that halal rations stay separated from non-halal production through mixing, pelleting, storage and transport.
Rendered ingredients decide most cases. Meat and bone meal, blood meal, feather meal and tallow are standard energy and protein sources in commercial feed, and mixed-species rendering is the industry norm rather than the exception.
