Relationship Between Awareness, Knowledges And Attitudes Towards Halal Food Among University Students In Sarawak

• Main Author: Dyrren Oswell, Dyuos
• Format: Final Year Project Report
• Language: English; English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2022
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/39806/1/DYRREN%20OSWELL%20ANAK%20DYUOS%2024pgs.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/39806/4/DYRREN%20OSWELL%20ANAK%20DYUOS%20ft.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/39806/

Halal food has been known by the Malaysian public of Malaysia as the food that complies with the ruling of Islamic Law. The food itself is safely consumed as defined in the halal context. However, it can be seen nowadays that many food products that are being made or imported inside Malaysia have triggered the concern on its halal wise in some Muslims. This indicates the necessity of taking measures when reviewing certain products during purchasing with the correct way of assessing. The study was conducted to analyse the perspectives towards halal foods among the youngsters. The approach of the study was made through a survey of questionnaire module via Google form that had been disseminated randomly. A total of n=200 respondents had taken part on answering the questions on awareness of halal foods, knowledge of halal foods, attitude towards halal food and sociodemographic profile that available in this survey. Descriptive analysis and Pearson correlation were used to analyse and evaluate the data. Through this study, the findings show that most respondents highly aware and have good knowledge, but inconsistent attitudes were practiced. This indicate that there is relationship between awareness and knowledge of halal foods however, both awareness and knowledge were not significance into attitudes towards halal food.