Halal Certification Mark or Logo

1. IFANCA Pakistan Halal Apex Pvt Limited hereafter referred to as IFANCA Pakistan Halal Apex Pvt Limited, grants the right to use the IFANCA Pakistan Halal Apex Pvt Limited Halal Mark on the certified products manufactured/traded by the certified clients, hereafter referred to as the licensee, after successfully obtaining the Certificate of Conformity.

2. Following systematic approach is applied for giving unique identification number to issued client
Halal Certificate according to the suitability and to make it more legible, understandable and to
fulfil the purpose.

a. HC/XXX-001-P
b. where,
c. HC = Halal Certification
d. XXX = Initial letters of Certified Client Name
e. 001- Number of issued Certificate like 001, 002, 033 and so on
f. P = PNAC. (Initial letter of Accreditation Body Name) PAK = Pakistan

3. The licensee may use the mark for sales promotion of the product. It may be used in advertisements and on stationery together with the mark or the name of the manufacturer or the licensee provided that it is not used in such a manner that IFANCA Pakistan Halal Apex Pvt Limited may consider as misleading. The mark shall be used for every piece of the product. It may be also used on the following subject to IFANCA Pakistan Halal Apex Pvt Limited approval:

  • Principal display panel of the certified products
  • Secondary or tertiary packaging whichever is directly visible to the buyer during display
  • Company publicity materials such as brochures, company profiles, reports, exhibition materials, flyers, banners, roll-ups etc.
  • Corporate electronic media such as in website, internet etc.
  • company vehicles
  • Company communication documents such as letterheads, stationeries etc.

4. The mark shall be reproduced exactly the same color and proportion whenever it is possible.

5. The mark is the exclusive property of IFANCA Pakistan Halal Apex Pvt Limited-EIPL and its correct use is a contractual obligation. Intentional misuse of the mark maybe grounds for actions that may include but not limited to withdrawing the Certificate of Conformity.

6. IFANCA Pakistan Halal Apex Pvt Limited implements market monitoring for ensuring correct use of the IFANCA Pakistan Halal Apex Pvt Limited Halal mark.

7. The licensee shall not use its product certification in such a manner as to bring IFANCA Pakistan Halal Apex Pvt Limited into disrepute and not make any statement regarding its product certification that IFANCA Pakistan Halal Apex Pvt Limited may consider misleading or unauthorized.

8. In making reference to its product certification in communication media, a supplier of certified products must comply with IFANCA Pakistan Halal Apex Pvt Limited requirements. A supplier may publish that it has been authorized to apply IFANCA Pakistan Halal Apex Pvt Limited Halal certification mark to products to which the certification applies. In all cases, the supplier shall take sufficient care of in its publications and advertisements that no confusion arises between certified and non-certified products. If a supplier wishes to publish a test report or evaluation report, the report shall be reproduced in full, unless specific authorization is granted by IFANCA Pakistan Halal Apex Pvt Limited to publish part(s) of the report. A supplier shall not specify function, or claim or the like in its use information that could mislead purchasers to believe that performances of the products or its use are covered by the certification when in fact they are not.

9. Instructions or other user information accompanying the product and related to the certification
scheme is approved by IFANCA Pakistan Halal Apex Pvt Limited. Advertisements containing
IFANCA Pakistan Halal Apex Pvt Limited Halal certification mark or reference to certification are
approved by IFANCA Pakistan Halal Apex Pvt Limited.

Policy for Use of Halal Certification

Mark or Logo

Doc # IFANCA/02/20
Rev # 00
Issue Date 01-06-2018

10. In case of any doubts regarding the use of the mark, prior written approval is obtained from IFANCA Pakistan Halal Apex Pvt Limited to prevent misuse and subsequent corrective action.

CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS OR MISUSE OF CERTIFICATION MARK

1. IFANCA Pakistan Halal Apex Pvt Limited-EIPL requires the licensee to implement corrective action according to ISO/IEC Guide 27 after identification of defective products or conclusive misuse of license, certificates and marks.

The corrective action could be one or more of the following:

 Notification of parties authorized and responsible for instituting a recall of defective products
 Removal of the mark from the defective products, provided such action is done in
collaboration with regulatory authorities who shall ultimately decide whether to accept or reject the products
 Replacement and scrapping of defective products
 Reconstruction of the product to comply with the governing certification requirements
 Issuance of notice to the general public about the hazard from using the product and corresponding action to be taken

2. The corrective measures and period of implementation is decided by IFANCA Pakistan Halal Apex Pvt Limited depending on the extent of misuse of license, certificate and mark.

3. When there is conclusive proof, the regulatory authorities shall be notified immediately by IFANCA Pakistan Halal Apex Pvt Limited of the misuse of license, certificate and IFANCA Pakistan Halal Apex Pvt Limited Halal mark, and the certification shall be put under warning, suspension or withdrawal, where appropriate.

4. Withdrawal of right to certification may lead to legal actions by IFANCA Pakistan Halal Apex Pvt Limited, when deemed necessary after consultation with legal counsel, and notification of appropriate governmental, regulatory and public bodies.

5. The licensee shall be properly and officially notified of any action taken by IFANCA Pakistan Halal Apex Pvt Limited against the defective products, the reason for such actions and any conditions or corrective measures to be implemented by the licensee.

6. When the corrective action has been resolved by the licensee to the satisfaction of IFANCA Pakistan Halal Apex Pvt Limited verified through re-evaluation of the product to the extent necessary, the licensee, regulatory authorities and all parties previously notified of the offence shall be given a second notification on the reinstatement of the product certification. This notification shall summarize the corrective action taken by the licensee, the affectivity date of thereinstatement of certification, scope of certification, and when applicable the new marking required
for corrected products.

7. Shall the licensee refuse to take corrective action identified by IFANCA Pakistan Halal Apex Pvt  Limited, the certification is withdrawn and the appropriate governmental, regulatory and public