Azlan Othman
Best paper award winners received prizes at the closing ceremony of the 6th International Seminar on Halalan Thayyiban Products and Services (6th SAPPHAT) 2023 at the Balai Khazanah Islam Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah yesterday, marking the end of a successful culmination of the two-day seminar.
One of the award winners was a local participant from University Brunei Darussalam (UBD) with his paper titled, ‘Logistics and Supply Chain Management in Halal Pharmaceutical Research: A Systematic Literature Review’.
Three international participants from International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) were also awarded for their papers titled ‘Algae Carotenoid pigments as new sources of Halal bioactive ingredients’; ‘Antimicrobial activities of Curcumin extracted from selected Zingiberaceae species as potential Halal active pharmaceutical ingredient’ and ‘Halalan Thayyiban in aquaculture practice – A case study on parasite in hatchery’.
Meanwhile, Dr Iznan Tarip from UBD received the best presenter award. Nor Surilawana Sulaiman, Siti Nur Affina Halid Khan and Nadzirah Zulkifli, and Nurul Farhana Hamdan from Halalan Thayyiban Research Centre (HTRC), Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali (UNISSA). Ainaa Eliah Abu Bakar and Kyoichiro Sugimoto from IIUM, and Stephen Sim from University of Canberra, Australia also received awards at the ceremony.
The seminar was organised by UNISSA through HTRC in conjunction with the Brunei Mid-Year Conference and Exhibition 2023 (Brunei MYCE 2023) organised by the Ministry of Primary Resources and Tourism (MPRT). Director of the Syariah Affairs Department, Ministry of Religious Affairs Haji Suhaimi bin Haji Gemok was the guest of honour.
Director of HTRC, UNISSA Pengiran Dr Hajah Norkhairiah binti Pengiran Haji Hashim as the Chairperson of 6th SAPPHAT was also present.
The ceremony began with a closing remark by Deputy Director of HTRC, UNISSA Dr Zeiad Amjad Abdulrazzak Aghwan as the Deputy Chairman of 6th SAPPHAT. He highlighted that the event included several keynotes and special presentations covering broad issues of halal industry from academicians and representatives from MABIMS’ halal certification bodies.
The issues covered were also in line with the seminar’s theme ‘Enhancing halal sustainability through Maqasid Syariah’.
