Halal Bazar

HALAL BAZAR is an application for mobile devices for checking Halal status of the product and services. This edition replaces application Halal Barcode Scanner, and brings a lot of new features including short description of basic Halal terminology and guides for Halal certified hotels and restaurants. "Halal Bazar" application is available to all users of Halal products with mobile devices (e.g. mobile phones) with Android, iOS and Windows operating systems. The application is completely free for users and easy to use. After launching of the application, from main screen users can navigate between three main links "Products", "Hotels & Restaurants" and " Producers. All other informations are available on "Menu" by clicking icon on top-left side of the screen. To check PRODUCTS users can access directly to products database by clicking "products" gumb and use search engine to find any products by filtering keywords. Other option is to activate the scanner (camera) and by reading the barcode of products get information is the product halal certified or not. When product is certified then it shows immediately essential informations about the product including basic information of product and producer name, and if available barcode and link to producer data. For checking HOTELS & RESTAURANTS users can navigate through list Halal certified facilities and get informations and contact details. All Halal certified COMPANIES are listed in alphabetical order. Information on companies contain name of company, contact details and full list of their Halal certified products. DATA-BASE of Halal Certified Products and Services The data-base consist the list of products and services Halal Certified by the Agency for Halal Quality Certification and other halal certification bodies applying same halal certification standards and procedures. Each halal certifier is responsible for validity of data relying on its certification. The Agency for Halal Quality Certification in the regular procedure requires collection of barcodes of each Halal certified product. Thorough post-certification audits and laboratory analyzes the Agency collects additional information and update its data-base of the Halal certified products, and make it available for public on web-page: www.halal.ba. This data-base is completely reliable because of: - Controlling and verification activities, - Very frequent updates, - Barcodes are always stated on every packaging. BACKGROUND Nowadays Halal consumers could enjoy numbers of Halal products. Halal market becomes global and Halal products are transported and available worldwide. Such growth of production caused a problem of the recognition of Halal products, and different threats and frauds of Halal which we are witnessed last months in Europe. Therefore, Halal consumers are facing another challenge which should be solved in order to protect consumers from fake Halal products, and protect Halal itself from threats of misuse. DEVELOPER AGENCY FOR HALAL QUALITY CERTIFICATION is established in 2006 as specialized institution of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina as regional authority for Halal issues. Beside certification, the Agency providing education, trainings and initiate various projects as support to community and Halal consumers. HALAL LOGO and other graphic details are subject of Copyright protection.