North American Halal Standards

Access U.S. Halal Integrity Protection Standards, certification-body accreditation pathways, and professional halal training from USDHS.

New: Indonesia’s halal certification deadline update

Read the announced 2028 changes, the history of the law and what the policy means for future deadlines.

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Protect the Halal Industry

Protective glass shield safeguarding anonymous halal audit records in a food production setting

Comprehensive accountability assessments of Etimad Halal and Circle H combine the standardized score with the documented investigation, red flags, green flags, evidence boundaries, and correction pathway.

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Standards, accreditation, and training

USDHS develops the Halal Integrity Protection Standards for North American operations, provides an accreditation pathway for qualifying halal certification bodies, and offers role-appropriate halal training.

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