Islamic Food Law

The term "halal" comes from Islamic and means something like "permitted, pure". This term has an important place in the Islamic faith. According to Islamic law, all actions that are permissible and in line with dogmatic requirements are considered "halal". All impermissible actions are summarized under the term "haram".

An important principle for Halal food is that the origin and composition of the food must consistently meet the high Halal requirements. This applies to all animals or ingredients (raw materials) used. Furthermore, halal also focuses on the individual processing or manufacturing steps of a foodstuff, starting with slaughtering, washing and cleaning, packaging, storage, transport and sale.

In each individual production step, it must be ensured that the companies and their staff know and apply all the measures for impeccable hygiene, safety and good manufacturing practice. During the production of halal food, contact with prohibited raw materials and food (haram) must be excluded. In many national and international production facilities, however, products and raw materials that are haram are also processed. Therefore, the strict separation of Halal and Haram products is important. The certification and monitoring of the establishments that produce halal products is carried out by accredited halal certification organizations according to international halal standards.

HALAL Cleaning Standard

Until now, there has not been a defined standard for "halal cleaning", although the abbreviations "P26 for kosher process" and "P27 for halal process" have been known in logistics and container cleaning for many years. If you ask the organization that issued these acronyms, you will find that there is no defined and specified cleaning program (cleaning process) for it. Basically, every cleaning station has done what it thought was right. Neither the HALAL organizations nor the industry were aware of this. An intolerable situation.

As the first independent and international organization, ENFIT has accepted the task and developed international cleaning programs (processes) for the "Halal cleaning" of transport containers in close coordination with the heads of Muslim communities, the imams, and the experts recognized HALAL certification bodies. These "Halal cleaning programs" meet the strict Muslim requirements for cleanliness and are based on the ritual degree of soiling, which is essentially influenced by the previous loading of a transport container.

Pork, pork derivatives, haram gelatin, juices clarified with haram gelatin, blood or alcohol (wine, beer or spirits) shall not be used in the production of halal food. Other contaminants that may occur as a result of improper handling of the raw materials or food and cause harm to the health of the consumer are also prohibited. This includes harmful contamination with mold, prions, salmonella, chemicals or foreign bodies such as glass, wood, metal or plastic granules.

ENFIT P 270 H

Light ritual contamination

ENFIT P 270 H - Light ritual contamination (Haram-raw materials. For example:  Alcohol. No pork)

Depending on the degree of ritual contamination, which depends on the transported products and raw materials, there are three different cleaning programs. Only cleaning stations that are certified according to the high requirements of the ENFIT HQF standard are authorized to use these cleaning programs. This also requires the corresponding instruction of the cleaning staff in the special features and requirements that result from the Muslim food laws.

ENFIT P 370 H

Medium contamination

ENFIT P 370 H - Medium ritual contamination (e.g. apple juice clarified with pig gelatine, even if the galantine was filtered off. No direct contact with pig products)

Depending on the degree of ritual pollution, which depends on the transported products and raw materials, there are three different cleaning programs. Only cleaning stations that are certified according to the high requirements of the ENFIT HQF standard are authorized to use these cleaning programs. This also requires the corresponding instruction of the cleaning staff in the special features and requirements that result from the Muslim food laws.

ENFIT P 470 H

Heavy contamination

ENFIT P 470 H - Heavy ritual contamination (direct use of pigs and their derivatives)

Depending on the degree of ritual contamination, which depends on the transported products and raw materials, there are three different cleaning programs. Only cleaning stations that are certified according to the high requirements of the ENFIT HQF standard are authorized to use these cleaning programs. This also requires the corresponding instruction of the cleaning staff in the special features and requirements that result from the Muslim food laws.

Vorbidden previous loading

• Pork and all pork derivatives (tallow, lard, galantine, etc.),
• Fish oils or fish substances. gelatin compositions,
• Glycerin or glycerin products, cider or vinegar
• Fruit juices clarified with pork galantine
• Wine, cognac, sherry, brandy, liqueur, wine yeast, beer
  All other alcoholic beverages
• Non-vegetable based fat and oil. Various fat mixtures and margarine,
• fatty acid, caprylic acid, acrylic acid and/or non-vegetable stearic acid,
  Other non-halal food or chemical products in consultation with ENFIT.