Awareness of hygiene practices towards halal implementation among restaurants in Desa Ilmu, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak / Ahmad Hazim Kamaludin & Mohd Fardhirul Adellah Rosli

The purpose of this study is to obverse the hygiene practices among restaurant owner at Desa llmu, Kota Samarahan. Sarawak. This study also attempts to identify the quality of hygiene practices and to discover hygiene awareness during food preparation to customer. Results have found most of the restaurant aware of hygiene implementation but they did not comply with HALAL requirements. A total of 20 restaurants has boon observed and interview. The result indicates that the awareness level is very low. Based on the finding, it is recommended that hygiene should be a part of restaurants best practices. Hence, the owner should provide training so that hygiene can become one of the cultures among the community. In general, once hygiene become part of the practices, it hopes that commitment in HALAL implementation will be leverage.