App to verify halal products

At your fingertips: Dr Sirajuddin (right) at the launch with (from second right) Amnah, Mydin Mohamed Holdings Bhd managing director Datuk Dr Ameer Ali Mydin and SME Corp deputy CEO Rizal Nainy.

KUALA LUMPUR: It will be much harder for unscrupulous parties to pass off non-halal products as halal, with the launch of a smartphone app called Verify Halal.

The app is now available on the Google Playstore for Android users while iOS users have to wait two more months for its release.