JAKIM's halal rules by company size: micro, small, medium, large.
Under JAKIM's MPPHM 2020, food and drink and most other product schemes size a company by annual turnover: micro (under RM300,000), small (under RM15 million), medium (RM15–50 million) or large (above). Micro and small companies need at least one permanent Malaysian Muslim worker per shift and an internal halal control system; small ones add a Halal Supervisor. Medium and large need two, a Halal Executive, an Internal Halal Committee and a Halal Assurance System.
Annual turnoverJadual 1, the only place the manual defines the four sizes
Micro
Industri Mikro
Under RM300,000
Small
Industri Kecil
RM300,000 to under RM15 million
Medium
Industri Sederhana
RM15 million to RM50 million
Large
Industri Besar
Over RM50 million
Illustration: one building for each of JAKIM's four turnover bands, drawn to one scale. The two shaded buildings, medium and large, are the sizes where the Internal Halal Committee and the Halal Assurance System begin. Bands are annual turnover in Malaysian ringgit (RM).
What changes with company size? Read down your column.
For food and drink products, procedure 18(1)(f) ties the Muslim-worker rule, the halal role, the committee and the internal system to four sizes: Industri Mikro, Kecil, Sederhana and Besar. The manual never defines those sizes in procedure 18; the turnover bands appear only in Jadual 1, the fee table of procedure 8(1) (a jadual is a schedule in the manual). Read the matrix down the column of your size.
At least 1 Muslim worker per shift
At least 2 per shift · committee and HAS
Rule
MicroIndustri Mikro
SmallIndustri Kecil
MediumIndustri Sederhana
LargeIndustri Besar
Annual turnoverMPPHM 2020 · Jadual 1
Under RM300,000
RM300,000 to under RM15 million
RM15 million to RM50 million
Over RM50 million
Permanent Malaysian Muslim workers in processing, every operating period or shiftMPPHM 2020 · 18(1)(f)
JAKIM's rules for food and drink products, by company size (18(1)(f)). Cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, consumer goods, logistics, contract manufacturing and medical devices use the same pattern. Every application also pays a RM20 processing fee.Source: MPPHM 2020, 8(1), 18(1)(f), 19, 20 (PDF pp.17, 35, 58–59). Fees as set in the 2020 manual, unchanged in the 2026 amended manual: confirm the current amount with JAKIM.
IHCS
Internal Halal Control System: a halal policy, a raw-material control procedure and a traceability procedure.
HAS
Halal Assurance System: the set of procedures a company uses to keep halal assurance overall.
MHMS 2020
JAKIM's Malaysian Halal Management System manual, the base for both.
RM
Malaysian ringgit. Jadual and the other terms: the glossary.
What does each size add? One step at a time.
MNS Modulaz's part is the same at every size: a gap analysis against 18(1)(f) and the general requirements, the documents and SOPs, the internal halal control system JAKIM asks for at the company's size, and training (halal, MeSTI, GMP, HACCP, ISO 9001); our services describes each. Hiring the workers and appointing the Supervisor or Executive is the company's own.
Micro
Under RM300,000
1 worker per shift
IHCS
A micro company needs one Muslim worker per shift and an IHCS.
A micro company needs at least one permanent Malaysian Muslim worker on duty in the processing area for the whole of every operating period or shift, and an Internal Halal Control System (IHCS) built on MHMS 2020. The manual names no Halal Supervisor, Halal Executive or committee at this size.
We get ready with youMNS Modulaz drafts the IHCS with your team: the halal policy, the raw-material control procedure and the traceability procedure.
MPPHM 2020 · 18(1)(f)(iii), 19
Small
RM300,000 to under RM15 million
1 worker per shift
+ Halal Supervisor
IHCS
A small company adds a Halal Supervisor.
A small company keeps the same worker floor and the same IHCS, and appoints a Halal Supervisor at the premises: a permanent Malaysian Muslim employee who supervises the processing area or the management side. The Supervisor is not counted as one of the Muslim workers.
We get ready with youMNS Modulaz prepares the IHCS documents and sets out the Halal Supervisor's role in your SOPs.
MPPHM 2020 · 18(1)(f)(ii); definitions, PDF pp.9–10
Medium
RM15 million to RM50 million
2 workers per shift
+ Halal Executive
+ Internal Halal Committee
HAS
A medium company doubles the floor and moves to HAS.
From RM15 million a year a company needs at least two Muslim workers on every shift, a Halal Executive at every branch, an Internal Halal Committee for the premises and every branch with its own operational management, and a Halal Assurance System (HAS) instead of an IHCS. The committee has at least four members and takes halal competency training every three years.
We get ready with youMNS Modulaz sets out what procedure 20 asks of your Internal Halal Committee and prepares the documents and SOPs with your team.
MPPHM 2020 · 18(1)(f)(i), 20, 17(12)(e)–(f)
Large
Over RM50 million
Same rules as medium
Higher fee
A large company meets the medium rules, at a higher fee.
Over RM50 million a year the manual sets the same rules as for a medium company: 18(1)(f)(i) covers both sizes together. The one thing that rises is the yearly certification fee in Jadual 1, from RM700 to RM1,000.
We get ready with youMNS Modulaz sets out what 18(1)(f)(i) asks of the premises and of every branch with its own operational management.
MPPHM 2020 · 18(1)(f)(i), 8(1) Jadual 1
IHCS or HAS? Which internal system your size needs.
Micro and small · procedure 19
Internal Halal Control System (IHCS)
The minimum controls a company runs to keep halal assurance. Procedure 19 names three parts, each recorded, documented and checkable at the audit:
Halal policyunderstood and made known to everyone concerned
Raw-material control procedurehow raw materials, suppliers or customers are chosen, written as the work is really done
Traceability procedurehow raw materials, suppliers, customers and finished products are traced back
MPPHM 2020 · 19(1)–(3), PDF pp.58–59; definitions, PDF pp.11–12 · IHCS in the glossary
Medium and large · procedure 20
Halal Assurance System (HAS)
A fuller set of procedures for keeping halal assurance overall, run by people the manual names:
A Halal Executiveat every branch of the premises
An Internal Halal Committeefor every company and every branch with its own operational management, appointed in writing by top management
At least four membersa chairman, the Halal Executive, someone from purchasing and someone from processing or operations; competency training every 3 years from an HPB-registered provider or the competent authority
One Muslim employee or two? Both are right, for different sizes.
Some guides say JAKIM certification needs two Muslim employees, others that one is enough. The manual sets both numbers, by size. The workers must be Muslim, Malaysian citizens and in permanent posts, bertugas di kawasan pemprosesan sepanjang tempoh operasi atau syif: on duty in the processing area throughout each operating period or shift (our translation; the Malay text is authoritative, MPPHM 2020 · 70). So a factory running two shifts needs the minimum on each shift.
The Halal Executive and the Halal Supervisor do not count towards the number: the manual's definition of a Muslim worker (pekerja Muslim) excludes them by name.
MPPHM 2020 · 18(1)(f)(i)–(iii), PDF p.35; definition of Pekerja Muslim, PDF p.9
1Micro and small companiesat least one on every shift
2Medium and large companiesat least two on every shift
Does the size rule apply to your scheme? Seven share it, two differ.
The matrix is the food and drink products list. Procedure 18 repeats the same pattern for six more schemes; food premises are staffed by type of premises and slaughterhouses by slaughterers and halal checkers. Your scheme is on the requirements page.
Scheme
Staffing and internal system by size
Clause
Food and drink products
The pattern above: 1, 1, 2 and 2 workers per shift; a Halal Supervisor at small; a Halal Executive, an Internal Halal Committee and a HAS at medium and large
MPPHM 2020 · 18(1)(f)
Cosmetics
The same pattern
MPPHM 2020 · 18(2)(e)
Pharmaceuticals
The same pattern
MPPHM 2020 · 18(3)(e)
Consumer goods
The same pattern
MPPHM 2020 · 18(5)(c)
Logistics
The same pattern, with the workers on duty in the logistics service area
Set by the type of premises, not by Jadual 1: hotel kitchens 2 workers per kitchen, with a Halal Executive, a committee and a HAS per hotel branch; restaurants, cafés, canteens and bakeries 1 per premises, with a Halal Supervisor and an IHCS; chains 1 per premises, with the Executive and committee at management level; caterers 2 or 1 per kitchen by their own turnover bands (Jadual 5); mobile premises and kiosks 1, with an IHCS
MPPHM 2020 · 18(4)(j)
Slaughterhouses
Sized by daily output (Jadual 6): medium and large, 2 slaughterers and 1 halal checker per shift, a Halal Executive, a committee and a HAS; small, 1 and 1, a Halal Supervisor and an IHCS. No micro size
MPPHM 2020 · 18(7)(f)
Which schemes share the size pattern. Seven schemes use it word for word; food premises and slaughterhouses set their own.Source: MPPHM 2020, procedure 18 (PDF pp.35–58).
Registered overseas, producing in Malaysia
Registered overseas? The same rules, other fees.
The domestic manual applies to a company registered overseas that carries out business or production in Malaysia, so the size rules of procedure 18 apply to it as to any applicant. The manual does not say whose turnover sets the size of a company registered overseas: confirm it with JAKIM before you plan the staffing. Its fees are not those of the matrix: notwithstanding 8(1), every application it makes is charged under Jadual 2, and its certificate runs 2 years.
A product made outside Malaysia is a different case, with two routes. One is a certificate from a foreign body on JAKIM's recognised list: under the Trade Descriptions (Certification and Marking of Halal) Order 2011, para 5, imported food and goods described as halal must meet the requirements or be certified by such a body (JAKIM's list, 21 August 2026). The other is JAKIM's own procedure for international manufacturing, in use since 1 January 2024: a company registered in Malaysia (a branch, subsidiary, importer, distributor, trader or agent) applies for the overseas factory, under five schemes, for a 2-year certificate, with an audit at the plant of at least four days and a Halal Assurance System in place. JAKIM's list of documents for that procedure asks for a Muslim Halal Executive's certificate and appointment letter and for two Muslim workers' papers, "if any".
Checked against JAKIM's documents on 5 October 2026. In the 2026 amended manual (Pekeliling Pensijilan Halal Malaysia Bil. 1 Tahun 2026, in force 1 April 2026), 18(1), 19, 20 and every fee procedure of Part III read the same as the 2020 text. Fees as set there: confirm the current amount with JAKIM, and see every JAKIM fee.
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