Terms of Use
The rules for using isithalal.food: what our answers are and are not, how you may reuse them, and what we can and cannot promise
Who we are
isithalal.food is run by the isithalal.food Team in Malta. Contact us at [email protected] or through the contact form. By using the site you accept these terms; if you don't, please don't use it.
Information, not certification
- Our pages explain whether foods, drinks, brands, additives and restaurants are Halal, citing the sources each answer rests on. They are general information.
- We are not a Halal certifier, and nothing on the site is a Halal certificate. A product or restaurant is certified only by the certifier named on its own certificate or pack.
- We don't issue religious rulings. Where scholars differ, we say so and show the main positions. For a ruling on your own situation, ask a scholar you trust.
- Recipes, ingredients and certificates change. Before you eat or buy, read the current label or certificate and ask the restaurant. Check allergens yourself: our pages are not allergy advice.
How we research and correct pages is set out in our editorial methodology and corrections pages.
The scanner and barcode results
The ingredient scanner reads text from your photo in your browser and matches it against our pages, and barcode lookups come from Open Food Facts, a public database anyone can edit. Both can misread or be out of date. Treat a scanner result as a starting point to check against the pack, not as a verdict on the product.
Using our content
- The text, data and design of the site belong to the isithalal.food Team, except third-party material such as photos, which belongs to its creators and is credited with its licence.
- You may quote short extracts with a link back to the page, and embed our widget as described on the for publishers page.
- Please don't copy whole pages, republish our verdicts without their conditions and sources, or scrape the site in bulk.
What you send us
When you send a correction, certificate, photo or other evidence, you confirm you are allowed to share it, and you let us use it to check and update our pages, including quoting it and naming the certifier. Don't send other people's personal details or anything unlawful. How we handle what you send is in the privacy policy.
Ads and links to other sites
The site shows Google ads and links to other websites, including certifiers, makers and sources. We don't control those sites or ads and aren't responsible for their content. Ads never affect a verdict (see the advertising policy).
Our responsibility
We work to keep every page accurate and sourced, but we provide the site "as is" and can't promise it is complete, current or always available. As far as the law allows, we are not liable for any loss arising from your reliance on the site, including what you eat, buy or order. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law, or takes away rights you have as a consumer where you live.
Law and changes
These terms are governed by the law of Malta. If you live in the UK, the US or elsewhere, you keep the protection of the mandatory consumer laws where you live and can bring a claim in your local courts where those laws allow. We may update these terms; the date at the top marks the current version.