HALAL CHECKER APPS

Lack of awareness among Muslim consumers, unreliable database, and difficulties to check Halal status due to uncertainties is the obvious problems happened in consumers’ life. Therefore, this paper discussed about Halal Checker Apps which is to check the status of the food products available on the market today. It is hoped that this paper will give an awareness and better understanding towards Muslim consumers about the Halal status and the importance of consuming a good food. The research is focus on JAKIM which provide the information about the Halal product certification, food product produced by manufacturer and ingredients of the food products. Besides, this application will be delivered to Muslim community in order for them to shop the Halal products. The exploratory study is conducted to collect the data as much as possible from the consumers. The qualitative and quantitative methods are utilized to ensure the problems regarding Muslim consumers are addressed to the project solution. The results from the survey and interview are hoped that will give a way for the problem to be solved. Though this paper does not cover all problems involved Halal status, it is nevertheless important as it will create confidence among Muslim consumers in buying Halal food products. It is recommended to practice a good consumer habit as it is pertaining to the obligations of the religion which highly emphasized on the food that all Muslims consumed.