Applicants who are eligible to apply for the Halal Confirmation Certificate are categorized as follows:

• Manufacturer/ producer;
• Distributor/ trader;
• Sub-contract manufacturer;
• Repacking;
• Food premise;
• Abattoir/slaughter house;

Application for the Halal Confirmation Certificate for national and international markets should be submitted to the JAKIM Halal Hub, as an on-line application.

Application for the Halal Confirmation Certificate for the local market must be submitted directly to JAIN/MAIN, whichever one is relevant.

Applications will be unsuccessful for the following reasons:

• The company is producing and distributing halal and non halal products;
• Product is not halal;
• Natural substance that do not involve any processing;
• Drugs or products that are categorized as pharmaceutical products by the Ministry of Health Malaysia ;
• Hair color / hair dye;
• Processed products which were manufactured overseas;
• Products that are labeled with names synonymous to confusing terminologies such as ‘bak kut teh’ and so on;
• Fertilizers and animal feed;

The applicant must fill in the relevant form (s) :

• Products / Consumer Goods
• Food Premise
• Slaughter House

The application must be submitted on-line completed with the attachment of required documents and relevant certificates as listed below:

• Company profile;
• Company / business registration;
• Name and description of product / menu for certification;
• Ingredients used;
• Name and address of manufacturer / ingredient supplier;
• Halal status for ingredients with halal certificate or product specification for critical ingredients (if relevant);
• Type of packaging material;
• Manufacturing process and procedure;
• Other documents such as HACCP, ISO, GHP, GMP, TQM etc. (If any); and
• Location map of premise / factory.
• The applicant must create a "Halal Confirmation Certificate" file to store all relevant documents for  reference during premise inspection.