Halal risk mitigation in the Australian–Indonesian red meat supply chain
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to identify halal risk events, halal risk agents, measure halal risk level and formulate the halal risk control model (mitigation) in all stages in the beef supply chain from Australia to Indonesia.
Design/methodology/approach
This research combines qualitative and quantitative method. It elaborates nine variables as the Halal Control Point: halal animal, animal welfare, stunning, knife, slaughter person, slaughter method, invocation, packaging, labeling and halal meat. This study uses house of risk, a model for proactive supply chain risk.
Findings
The main mitigation strategies to guarantee the halal beef status in the abattoir is the obligation of vendor or the factory to issue a written manual of stunning tool. The priority of halal risk mitigation strategies for the retailing to avoid the meat contamination is the need of a halal policy for transporter’s companies and supermarkets.
Research limitations/implications
Every actor must be strongly committed to the application of halal risk mitigation strategies and every chain must be implemented in the halal assurance system.
Originality/value
This model will be a good reference for halal meat auditing and reference for halal meat import procurement policy.
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Acknowledgements
The research is funded by the grant from The Institute for Research and Community Outreach, Jakarta Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University of Jakarta (UIN Jakarta) in the Program of World Class University. The Rector of UIN Jakarta has supported the program as one of the excellent programs of the university.
Citation
Maman, U., Mahbubi, A. and Jie, F. (2018), "
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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