Manuscript Title:

CHALLENGES IN INCORPORATING MALAYSIA STANDARDS IN HALAL LOGISTICS INDUSTRY

Author:

MEOR MUHAMMAD AFIF AIMAN ABU BAKAR, AMINURRAASYID YATIBAN, SALWANI ARBAK, MUHAMMAD SUBHAN

DOI Number:

DOI:10.17605/OSF.IO/CEBQT

Published : 2021-12-10

About the author(s)

1. MEOR MUHAMMAD AFIF AIMAN ABU BAKAR - Institute of Excellence for Islamicjerusalem Studies, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia.
2. AMINURRAASYID YATIBAN - Institute of Excellence for Islamicjerusalem Studies, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia.
3. SALWANI ARBAK - Institute of Excellence for Islamicjerusalem Studies, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia.
4. MUHAMMAD SUBHAN - Institute of Excellence for Islamicjerusalem Studies, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia.

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Abstract

This paper strives to examine challenges and issues throughout the adoption of Malaysia Standard on the current halal logistic practices implemented by logistics providers in Malaysia. The logistics practice is covering the entire supply chain process involving MS 1500 and MS 2400 which focuses on handling, warehousing, transportations, and retailing. Qualitative approach was adopted for this research paper by carrying out in-depth interviews and, observations with regards to the relevant logistics providers and government authorities. The collected data are then thoroughly be analyzed to produce findings of this research. The outcomes obtained from this research pointed out several issues and challenges especially on the requirements, applications and implementations matters that currently happen in the context of certified halal logistic providers’ attempts to adopt the Malaysian Standard into their standard operating procedure (SOP). In fact, the MS 1500 and MS 2400 can be accommodated according to their niches of business. However, the current framework, centralization and enforcement of halal logistics must be reinforced holistically by governmentauthorities and players in the industry.


Keywords

Halal logistic providers; challenges; incorporating; Malaysia Standards; Halal supply