Application of NFC technology for premise Halal certification

Abstract

In the Moslem countries Halal food is one of the concerns and consideration before having the food, Halal food is not only food or beverage but more than how to serve and preparation according to the Islamic law. Restaurants or premises to serve the food must follow Halal food regulation and procedure and certified by authority, thus Halal certification at the premises is requirement for the Moslem peoples before having the food. Nowadays, many premises never apply and misuse Halal certification or never renew certificate according to authority regulation because of some reason such need to do inspection at the premise and need to pay some of money. In this paper propose the application of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology to premises Halal certification, with NFC chip attached into the Halal certificate shown at the premise then customer or authority easy to check authentication of Halal certificate hold by premise. Today, smart phone is common to the people and everybody has it for phone call, internet access or furthermore to do some application such mobile payment etc. Nowadays, most of smart phone attached with NFC enable with extra feature to apply in Halal food authentication, an application software is design to the customer and can be download at authority website then by tap to the Halal certificate that embedded with an NFC chip, customer can see whether Halal certificate is authentic or not. Another advantages this system is authority easy to spot check, either Halal certificate have been renew or authentic by premise is just tap by mobile phone or handheld reader then connect to authority database.