With The Name Of Allah The Merciful Benefactor The Merciful Redeemer.
As salaamu Alaykum: peace be unto you and welcome to Ash-Shifaa inc Halal integrity Enforcement Certification AIHIEC A Division of Ash-Shifaa inc.
we specialize in Halal post and pre religious Slaughter certification. Our goal is to establish a steady flow of Halal integrity from the Farm to Fork or any area in which Halal Meat or by products are produced stored or served requiring Halal Certification.
We Audit, inspect, Train and Certify individuals, Facilities and Business Locations, Which represents a wide range of locations from Farms Butcher Shops, Slaughter Houses and Processing Plants. We Cover Halal food safety and Distribution.
We outfit Schools , Hospitlals, Nursing Homes Fast food Businesses and Restaurants. We Train Muslim and non Muslims workers on the proper Handling of Halal products there transport , Storage and Distribution. We also endorse and work in conjunction with other zHalal entities and their Staff to ensure the Islamic Standards are maintain and executed in the most excellent manner with the integrity of religious protocol remaining the primary focus.
Halal integrity made Easy Is our moto. To ensure Halal integrity we strive keep a close watch over our affiliates through our monitoring protocol which varies depending upon which area of Halal Integrity is in Question.
The meaning of Halal and it's opposite:
The word halal in Arabic means permitted or lawful. It is used to reference any behavior or object that is permitted under Islamic law. Therefore, halal foods are foods that are allowed to be consumed under Islamic dietary guidelines. The foods that are not permitted are called haram, meaning "forbidden" in Arabic.
The word kosher is Hebrew for "proper" or "fit" which is similar to the Arabic word halal. However, whereas Jews do not speak the name of God each time they slaughter an animal, Muslims perform a prayer over the first and last animal in any given slaughter.
Forbidden (Haram) Foods
According to these guidelines that were gathered from the Qu'ran, Muslim followers cannot consume several different types of foods. These include pork or pork by-products, animals that were dead prior to slaughtering, and animals not slaughtered properly or not slaughtered in the name of Allah. Other forms of protein that are forbidden are carnivorous animals, birds of prey, and land animals without external ears. Additional harams are blood and blood by-products as well as alcohol. By extension Halal integrity relays on the fact that any product that has been rendered Halal by all standards can without be question become Haram due to the way that the meat or product has been handled this is why our goal to retain the integrity of the meat or product is from farm to fork.
How we came about:
in 1982 as a young man entering into Al islam as a way of life , I was introduced to Halal food for the first time. I always knew that Halal meat was like Kosher at least that's what I believed. It was not until I was commissioned as a Halal food service director that I learned that Although Halal and Kosher has similarities stemming from religious foundations, they are very different to say the least. As time went on I found it almost impossible to find locations that carried Halal Meat in NYC. I also found that Halal is a very broad term in Al islam and many Businesses were selling meat saying it was Halal by word of mouth but the meat was not Halal. This also stems from the fact the meat or product could have started out as halal and at some point through the course of it moving from the farm on the way to he fork got contaminated spoiled or mishandled. So it is clear that Halal requires constant attention as a means to reach the consumer with is full integrity in tact.
Integrity a necessary ingredient :
like the many industries around the globe there is probably none that has been totally free of corruption. Thereby falling short of the high level of integrity required of Us. As a result we have seen the many food carts ,restaurants and fast food establishments use the term halal very loosely to get a quick dollar. It's a trillion dollar industry so they don't care even if that takes false advertising. With that being said we have seen the need to apply and maintain the standards of Halal at all times and in all critical control points.