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Abstract

Food defined as material that can be brought into the body of a human, animal or plant sources for
upholding the balance of life and it includes rice, vegetables, bread and others. However, in Islam, its
emphasized more on clean, harmless food and also with a code known as Halal diet. Halal is a term from
the Quran which means permissible or lawful. In Islam, known special regulations in the slaughter of
animals to be Halal diet include with saying the name of Allah the Almighty and make an incision to cut
the lifeblood of the animal's neck, letting the action veins and organs intact. In contrast, Haram means 'not
allowed' or 'forbidden' in Islam. Among the Haram foods as mentioned in the Qur'an and the Sunnah, it
includes carrion, blood, dogs, pigs, and alcohol.