PNS-BAFPS 101-2011

This Philippine National Standard on Halâl agriculture and fishery products,

PNS/BAFPS 101:2011 was prepared by the Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries

Product Standards in collaboration with a multi-stakeholder Technical Working

Group created as per Department of Agriculture Special Order No. 393 series of

2010 chaired by the Dir. Sani D. Macabalang of Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic

Resources (BFAR)-Region XII.

Several Halâl practices standard including PNS 2067:2008 of DTI-BPS and some

international Halâl guidelines were used as reference for the development of this

standard.

The proposed standard was presented and reviewed during the consultative

meetings with Muslim Scholars conducted in the cities of Quezon, General Santos,

Zamboanga and Cebu. Comments gathered during the consultations and from

various stakeholders were carefully evaluated by the TWG and included accordingly

in the final version of this document.

This document aims to serve as an official reference of Halâl agriculture and fishery

products standard aiming to provide greater confidence in consumers’ expectations

that Halâl products are safe and fit for human consumption.