Halal food supply chain integrity: from a literature review to a conceptual framework

The image of the Halal food industry has been tarnished due to increasing number of fraudulent Halal certification and physical contamination of Halal food products. Halal food consumers are now starting to question the authenticity and integrity of the Halal foods that they consumed especially that came from the non-Muslim majority countries. The main purpose of this paper is to provide a literature review on Halal food supply chain management and issues pertaining to Halal integrity, taking into account academic and industry publications published in the last ten years. This paper will also provide the conceptual framework on the study regarding factors affecting Halal food supply chain integrity such as traceability, asset specificity, quality assurance and trust and commitment.