Muhammad Iqmal Hisham KamaruddinNurul Aini MuhamedMustafa Mohd Hanefah2024-05-302024-05-302021-08-23eISBN: 978-967-440-956-2https://fem.usim.edu.my/ihmc2021-proceeding/https://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/179533rd INTERNATIONAL HALAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE (3rd IHMC 2021) “Sustainability and Empowerment of Halal Industry in The Midst of COVID19-Pandemic” Date: 23rd – 24th August 2021, Malaysia eISBN: 978-967-440-956-2 Organised by : Faculty of Economy and Muamalat, USIMHalal industry in Malaysia is centralized at the Federal scope, with Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (JAKIM) leads the role of the monitoring and supervision. Although JAKIM is recognised as the pionner in the Halal industry, issues arising in the Halal industry challenge the regulators on the effectiveness of the current Halal assurances especially in controlling and monitoring the industry and ensuring the Halal status of the products and services. Thus, the aims of this study is to examine the needs of external Halal auditing as to support the existing internal Halal auditing process to give better assurances in the Halal industry in Malaysia.enHalal food industry--MalaysiaFood--Religious aspects--IslamIslamic law (Shariah)Food inspectionAuditingQuality controltext::conference output::conference proceedings::conference paper173176