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We are NAFAH.
North America Food Alliance Halal exists to make halal status verifiable: written standards, independent audits, a certification decision separated from the audit, and certificates that can be checked.
Halal assurance for North American manufacturing
NAFAH is an independent halal certification body serving manufacturers, processors, co-packers and food service operators across the United States and Canada.
We were formed by food technologists and Islamic scholars who kept meeting the same problem from two directions. Manufacturers were being asked for halal certification without being told what it actually required. Consumers and importers were being shown certificates they had no way to check. Both problems come from the same gap: halal assurance that is asserted rather than documented.
Our answer is procedural rather than promotional. We publish the standard we certify against. We send an auditor who signs their report. We keep the certification decision away from the person who performed the audit. And we record the outcome, including suspensions and withdrawals, against the certificate itself.
Three things we will not trade away
Integrity
A requirement exists only if it is written down before it is applied, and a decision is made only by people who did not perform the audit.
Openness
Scopes, dates and statuses are stated on every certificate. We would rather a buyer find a suspension from us than find out from a recall.
Service
We answer the phone, we explain findings before we write them, and we tell you what to ask your supplier for, with a template to send them.
Three lines of work
Halal certification
Site, product, ingredient and consignment certification against the NAFAH-HS standards, with surveillance inside every twelve-month cycle.
Our certification process
Education & training
Plant awareness sessions, internal halal auditor courses, slaughter supervision training and plain-English guidance for buyers and consumers.
Training options
Building trust in the market
Checkable certificates, written Shariah rulings, and consignment documentation that importing authorities can rely on.
Talk to usHow a NAFAH decision is made
Three groups are involved in every certificate, and they are deliberately kept apart.
The Shariah Advisory Board issues rulings on ingredient classes, slaughter practice and processing questions. It does not review individual clients.
The Technical Review Team applies those rulings to formulations, processing aids and sanitation chemicals, and prepares the audit plan.
The Certification Committee reviews the audit report and makes the grant, suspend or withdraw decision. Auditors do not vote on their own files.
Board and committee members, along with their declared interests, are listed in our impartiality statement, issued with the application pack.
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Application accepted
Scope agreed in writing, contract signed, documentation requested.
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Technical review completed
Every material classified: halal, not halal, or requires evidence.
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Audit performed and reported
Findings raised with evidence and a corrective action deadline.
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Committee decision recorded
Certificate issued, scope fixed, product annex attached.
Franklinton, North Carolina
NAFAH is headquartered in Franklinton, North Carolina, and audits across the United States and Canada. Our auditors travel to the facility; there is no requirement to come to us.
Postal address
P.O. Box 142, Franklinton, North Carolina 27525, United States of America
Email
info@nafah.org
Apply for halal certification
Tell us what you make and where you sell it. We come back with a scope, a timeline and a fixed quotation, usually within two working days. Nothing is chargeable until you sign.
- One short form, no documents needed at this stage
- A scoping call with an auditor who knows your sector
- Fixed quotation: application and review, audit days, annual fee
