Hallmarking Halal / F. van Waarden, R. van Dalen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waarden, Frans van, 1950- author.

van Dalen, R., author.

Series:

WRR webpublicaties ; 56.

Webpublicaties ; 56

Language:

Dutch

Subjects (All):

Netherlands--Politics and government.

Netherlands.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (111 pages).

Other Title:

Webpublicatie vol. 56

Place of Publication:

's-Gravenhage : WRR, 2011.

Summary:

De opdracht voor deze tekst is gegeven door de projectgroep Markt, staat en samenleving van de WRR. Een aantal externe auteurs werd gevraagd in detail te beschrijven hoe het afstemmingsproces van vraag en aanbod in praktijk werkt. In tegenstelling tot de theorie, vraag en aanbod, prijs en kwaliteit gebeuren niet automatisch; dit werpt een tweede vraag op, namelijk welke rol de overheid in dit proces speelt. De serie WRR-webpublicaties omvat studies die in het kader van de werkzaamheden van de WRR tot stand zijn gekomen. De verantwoordelijkheid voor de inhoud en de ingenomen standpunten berust bij de auteurs.

Contents:

Preamble: on Market, State, and Civil Society

Market or State? Academy or Polis? Technocracy or Democracy?

History: first Market, then State

A New Market: Halal Certification. Also a New Role for a State?

1 Introduction: A New Commodity and a New Old Public Interest

1.1 What Commodity?

1.2 Why or to What Extent a Public Interest?

1.3 Who? Which Actors provide it?

3.1 The emergence of new markets for information and certification

3.2 Problems

3.3 State Involvement

2 A New Market: The Demand for Halal Product Certification

2.1 The Problem: Halal Trade Fraud, Adulteration and Halal Laundering

2.1.1 Food Adulteration, Food Laundering, and Food Regulation in general

2.2 What is true Halal? Nature of the Product: defined by Religious Norms

2.2.1 The Background: Islam, Halal, Muslims

Halal & Islam: two inseparable concepts

Islam on a shoestring

2.2.2 Unity or Heterogeneity?

Halal - Haram: and something in between?

2.3 Halal Product Definitions

2.3.1 General Halal Food Standards: the Devil is in the Detail

Underlying Principle Values

Additional rules

Major points of controversy over halal

Halal in Practice?

2.3.2 Consequences for Different Types of Products and Production and Distribution Processes

Product Standards

Composed Foods

Non-Food Products

Process Standards

2.3.3 100% Halal? Is that Possible?

2.4 The Market for Halal Products

2.4.1 Consumer Diversity

2.4.2 The Domestic Market

2.4.3 The Export Market

2.4.4 Two Halal Markets: Local "UncleCandCAunty" vs. Professional International Markets

2.5 Risks and Uncertainties for Muslim Consumers

2.5.1 Ever Longer (Global) Product Value Chains

2.5.2 Muslims living in a Multicultural Society

2.5.3 Absence of the State in Regulation

3 The Workings of the Market for Halal Certifications

3.1 Need for Regulation, or at least Certification, of Halal

3.2 The Product

3.3 The Customers of the Certificates

3.4 The Suppliers: Imams, Producers, and Certifying Agencies (and others: doCitCyourself certificates)

3.4.1 Certificates & Certifiers

HVV/HFFIA (Halal Feed and Food Inspection Authority)

HQC (Halal Quality Control)

HCC (Halal Correct)

HIC (Halal International Control)

HAC (Halal Audit Company)

Foundation for Halal Certificates (Stichting Halal Certificaten)

SelfCcertifiers

Informal certifiers

DoCitCyourself certificates

3.4.2 Differences & Similarities

3.5 Consequences of Marketization: Market Failures

3.5.1 The Importance of Credibility and Reputation; Individually and Collectively

3.5.2 Easy Market Entry and Exit

3.5.3 Lack of transparency

3.5.4 Price Competition and a Race to the Bottom?

3.5.5 Market Failure?

4 The Search for Solutions

4.1 Individual Strategies and SelfCOrganization by the Market

4.2 SelfCOrganization and SelfCRegulation through Associations?

4.3 Seeking Support from "Higher Authorities"

4.3.1 The Main Actors in the International Halal Market

4.3.2 Seeking Support

4.3.3 A "Reverse California Effect"?

4.4 State Aid?

4.4.1 The Public Interest. For which different 'Publics'?

4.4.2 The Possibilities of Private Law

4.4.3 Regulation through Public Economic Law

4.4.4 Public Regulation of Religious Food Standards in the US

4.4.5 New Public-Private International Partnerships?

Some General Conclusions

References

Appendix 1. Dutch Television Documentaries on Halal

Appendix 2. List of People Interviewed

Appendix 3: Some Samples of Certificates.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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OCLC:

1163837004