Perception of fish farmers towards halal products on animal feed

Abstract

The paper aims to discover the perception of halal products on animal feed among fish farmers. Animal feed has been one of the key aspects of the halal food supply chain. Muslims believe that feeding the animal with haram source of feed will contribute to the spoilage of the animal, that also tends to make the animal unacceptable for Muslim consumption. According to the Federal Agricultural and Marketing Authority (FAMA) and Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in 2010, reported that 40 percent of the country's feed producers are using of mixed animal-based materials in animal feed which is will gives rise to worries as to the halal integrity of animals feed. The issue of developed fish being fed with animal by- products (pig intestines) that was revealed in 2006 has irritated the Muslim population in the country. Besides that, under the JAKIM Halal Certification Procedure Manual, animal feed is classified as uncertified products. This study is looking forward to exploring the perception of halal products on animal feed among fish farmers. The issues of fish farmers started arising due to in proper feeding the aquaculture species with non-halal feed.