TS OIC/SMIIC 33

TS OIC/SMIIC 33 is a conformity assessment standard that illustrates how a certification scheme for halal products can be structured. Its focus is the certification framework itself: how halal conformity is organised, understood and managed across products, and in some contexts across related processes and services.

What the halal certification scheme addresses

The standard sets out the fundamentals of halal product certification and offers guidance for understanding, developing, operating, or maintaining certification schemes. It presents an example of a Type 5 product certification scheme as described in ISO/IEC 17067, based on Islamic rules. In general technical terms, a certification scheme brings together the criteria, assessment logic, surveillance approach, and decision structure used to determine and maintain certification in a consistent way.

Relationship to ISO/IEC 17067 and broader use

The document also notes that, where appropriate, the example may serve as a basis for developing certification schemes for services and processes, aligned with the Type 6 model in ISO/IEC 17067. That makes the standard useful not only as a halal-product reference, but also as a conceptual template for organisations designing conformity assessment programmes with similar structures. Another important distinction is that assessing a management system within product certification does not amount to certifying the management system itself.

For organisations involved in product certification, the standard provides practical guidance on applying ISO/IEC 17067 in a halal context. It supports a clearer separation between product conformity, process controls, and any supporting management system evaluation.

• Provides an example structure for halal product certification schemes.
• Uses the Type 5 product certification model from ISO/IEC 17067.
• May also support service and process certification scheme development.
• Separates management-system assessment from management-system certification.
• Aims to help certification bodies apply ISO/IEC 17067 in halal contexts.