Today, the search for halal food among the people of faith is increasing. On the other hand, the competitive attitudes of the manufacturing companies in the market have required the consideration of halal food on an international level. On one hand various countries with their efforts halal food standardization and European Union countries, on the other hand, established a working group in 2013 and initiated halal food standardization studies. CEN / TC 425 Halal Food Project Committee that Turkey's president, aims to finish work within three years.

He started to make halal food certification in Malaysia. In Turkey, the Turkish Standards Institute (2011) started certification studies in July.

Gaining an increasingly important dimension halal food companies in the sector, to follow the standardization and certification of food standardization and to take part in both national and international markets Halal Food Certificate attempted to take.

The fact that firms have this certificate will benefit them in many ways. These benefits can be grouped under the following headings:

  • Creating trust. Consumers are able to make a conscious choice when buying food products.
  • to be inspected. The firm is audited by the certification body both during the receipt of the certificate and by the interim audits conducted on an annual basis. This creates a sense of trust in consumers.
  • To be prepared for statutory audits. The audits carried out by the certification body will cause the company to be always prepared for statutory audits.
  • Win competitiveness. Document owners have created an important market opportunity in the national markets.
  • Entering global markets. Halal food sector has increased its importance in global market. The companies that own the certificate gain a serious competitive power to export the products to these markets.
  • Raise quality. This document, on the one hand, documents the fact that the products are produced in accordance with religious conditions, on the other hand they also certify that they comply with food safety, cleaning and hygiene requirements. This raises the product quality.

TURCERT is one of the certification bodies issuing Halal Food Certificate. Organizations that wish to obtain information about the benefits of these documents or to have this certificate can apply to TURCERT managers and employees.