Halal contract manufacturing (OEM) in Malaysia: two JAKIM certificates, not one.

A brand owner can check a contract manufacturer before signing: JAKIM's Halal Malaysia Portal has a "Verify Halal Status" search, and its category "Pengilangan Kontrak / OEM" lists plants under the OEM scheme.Halal Malaysia Portal, halal.gov.my

• The authority deals directly with the company applying, not through third parties such as consultants.MPPHM 2020 · 21(12)
• A change of contract manufacturer is among the cases in which the competent authority may cancel an SPHM.MPPHM 2020 · 39(1)(c)
• A renewal cannot add products, so a new product from the same plant needs a new application.MPPHM 2020 · 22(4)(a)

Making the product abroad instead? JAKIM certificate vs a recognised foreign one compares the routes for a plant outside Malaysia.

MNS Modulaz works with contract manufacturers on the Malaysian side, before the plant's own application. The plant must have been fully operating for at least three months before a new application, with at least three months of documents and records for the audit.MPPHM 2020 · 5(7), 17(14)(d)

Halal awareness training changed with the 2026 amendment. Given by an outside party, it must come from an organisation registered under JAKIM's Halal Professional Board (HPB) or from the competent authority; a company's own Halal Executive or Halal Supervisor may give it in-house to its own staff. New workers are trained within three months of joining, and all processing staff at least every three years. MNS Modulaz is not on JAKIM's list of halal training providers, so its training is not that awareness training.MPPHM 2020 · 17(12)(a)–(c), (i), as amended 2026 · JAKIM's training-provider list, June 2026

A product made under contract is applied for like any product made in Malaysia, in the steps of JAKIM's flowchart:

1. Your company

   Opens a MYeHALAL account; the authority verifies it within 24 working hours.MPPHM 2020 · 21(2)–(3)

2. Your company

   Applies online under the product's scheme, up to 100 products per application, names exactly as on the label.MPPHM 2020 · 21(4)–(5)

3. Your company

   Sends the supporting documents. 5 working daysMPPHM 2020 · 21(6)

4. Authority

   Checks the application and audits the documents; a fee letter follows.MPPHM 2020 · 27, Appendix D

5. Your company

   Pays the fee. 14 working daysMPPHM 2020 · 21(14)

6. Authority

   Carries out the site audit, after payment.MPPHM 2020 · Appendix D

7. Panel

   The Malaysian Halal Certification Panel decides; on a pass the SPHM is issued.MPPHM 2020 · 34(1)

The full track, with what follows a pass, is on how JAKIM halal certification works.

What goes into the product is checked too. Every raw material must be traceable to its original producer, and animal-based ones need a valid halal certificate from the competent authority or a recognised halal certification body.MPPHM 2020 · 17(1)

"Halal" may not appear in product or brand names, and names that refer to or resemble non-halal products are not eligible; since the 2026 amendment, a short second list of such names may be allowed with a qualifying word, as in "Chicken Luncheon Meat".MPPHM 2020 · 5(12), 6(7) · Appendix A(2)–(3), as amended 2026

Which authority handles the application?

The application is handled by the competent authority, JAKIM or the state Islamic religious council or department (MAIN/JAIN), according to the scheme and the manufacturer's address shown in the MYeHALAL account, and the applicant may not ask to change it. A product made under contract is therefore handled by the authority for the plant's address. The MYeHALAL account itself is opened against a Malaysian registration number, an SSM or Co-operative Commission number or an establishment document; the manual does not say how a company registered overseas meets this, so confirm with JAKIM before planning a launch.MPPHM 2020 · definitions, 21(2), 21(8)

Can goods made elsewhere be relabelled here, or exported from here?

Relabelling is not a route: finished products, made in Malaysia or abroad, relabelled without any process in Malaysia are not eligible for a Malaysian halal certificate.MPPHM 2020 · 6(8)

Exporting from the Malaysian plant is: any party may ask JAKIM by email for its Letter of Halal Certification for Export, which confirms that the manufacturer holds an SPHM, at RM100 for each consignee, paid to JAKIM's Director General (the 2020 manual's fee: confirm the current amount with JAKIM). See JAKIM's fees (procedure 14) and the consignment note in the glossary.MPPHM 2020 · 14, 15(4), 61, Lampiran H

What if the plant is abroad instead?

Then the OEM scheme does not apply. Since 1 January 2024, JAKIM certifies plants abroad under its international-manufacturing procedure: a company registered in Malaysia applies (branch, subsidiary, importer, distributor or trader, or agent), for one of five schemes, with one factory and at most 100 products per form; JAKIM audits the plant for at least four days and the certificate runs 2 years. Fees, as MNS Modulaz gives them: a plant in Southeast Asia: RM2,100; a plant outside Southeast Asia: USD 2,100; document processing: RM200; confirm the current amount with JAKIM. JAKIM's notice and JAKIM's routes for overseas companies set it out.JAKIM's international-manufacturing notice