Halal Food Sustainability between Certification and Blockchain: A Review
Sustainability
; 14(4):2152, 2022.
Article
in English
| ProQuest Central | ID: covidwho-1715688
ABSTRACT
Islam is the second-largest religion on a global scale. All around the world Muslims are estimated to comprise more than 1.9 billion people. Therefore, the demand for Halal commodities is expected to reach a high growth rate thus, it is crucial to increase its global market’s reliability and traceability. Based on these grounds, the scope of this paper is to assess Halal food sustainability, examining the barriers and opportunities offered by the certification and blockchain tools. To this purpose, the authors carried out an integrative literature review, selecting 54 contributions in the Web of Science platform. Despite several limitations, such as the lack of a standardized framework or universally accepted and reliable certifying authorities, the implementation of blockchain technology has emerged as an interesting instrument to increase the trustworthiness and traceability of Halal foods. This tool could also help the development of protocols and standard procedures, ensuring hygienic and permitted products that may boost food safety and security. Besides, the enhancement of the Halal certification and the blockchain tool, even if several efforts are required in terms of innovation and cooperation by local authorities, industrial associations and leading consumers, could enhance fair trade, ethical business, green animal breeding and environmental economics, and hence sustainable development.
Environmental Studies; halal food products; certification; blockchain; food safety; sustainability; integrative literature review; PRISMA model; Food supply; Growth rate; Food; Fair trade; Global marketing; Food products; Islam; Commodities; Cryptography; Islamic financing; Ethical standards; Tourism; Animal breeding; Product safety; Market shares; COVID-19; Literature reviews; Social responsibility; Breeding of animals; Environmental economics; Consumers; Sustainable development; Halal food; Muslims; Pandemics; Consumption; Christian Islamic relations; Supply chains; Hygiene; Cosmetics; Coronaviruses; Disease transmission
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ProQuest Central
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English
Journal:
Sustainability
Year:
2022
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Article
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