Stop blaming Jakim

THE country’s system of Halal certification, respected worldwide for decades was put under scrutiny in recent weeks.

Jakim has been put in the centre of the meat cartel controversy as they were the authority in charge of issuing halal certification for food products. This is so very unbecoming as blaming is a defence mechanism that we use as a denial in order to preserve our sense of dignity and avoiding awareness of the issues. The implementation of halal certification is governed by the Trade Description Act and Orders related thereto.