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Food from many parts of the world is being wasted. It is now regarded internationally as a major concern. It is expected that one-third of the foodstuffs produced for human use globally each year was lost annually around 1.3 billion tonnes according to research by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Food waste has to be seen as a quick-resolving concern. In Halal Certification, food waste should be regarded to be used as Shariah compliance is required for Halal certified food companies and food service establishments, and food waste should be seen as shariah conformity. Many food waste studies have now been done in order to avoid and raise awareness of the existing problem of food waste and the reasons why further waste prevention is necessary. In the meanwhile, the act of waste must be stopped according to Islam to prevent it from being the bad person’s associates.
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Wafi, M.A.A., Tumiran, M.A. (2022). Food Waste Management in Malaysia: A Brief Introduction. In: Shariff, N.N.M., Yakob, M.A., Hamidi, Z.S., Aghwan, Z.A.A., Lateh, N. (eds) Selected Proceedings from the 1st International Conference on Contemporary Islamic Studies (ICIS 2021). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2390-6_26
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