Safeguarding Permissible and Wholesome Integrity: A Higher Objectives of Islamic Law and Forensic Framework Against Food and Beverage Adulteration

Food and beverage adulteration poses a dual threat to global supply chains by violating public safety regulations and compromising religious compliance for over two billion Muslim consumers. While current literature treats regulatory compliance and food chemistry in isolation, a major knowledge gap persists in integrating theological imperatives with empirical analytical forensic testing. This article addresses this gap by establishing an integrated legal-forensic framework anchored in the higher objectives of Islamic law. Using a qualitative jurisprudence-analytical design, this paper demonstrates how food fraud violates the preservation of religion, life, and wealth. By synthesizing classical Islamic trade ethics, specifically systemic purity, ethical trust, and prohibitions against commercial deception, with advanced forensic authentication tools (such as real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction [qPCR] and headspace gas chromatography-flame ionization detection [HS-GC-FID]), this study outlines a multi-layered defense mechanism. The findings highlight that static paper audits are insufficient to counter modern Economically Motivated Adulteration (EMA), necessitating an integrated framework featuring digital supply-chain traceability, mandatory raw material DNA profiling, and strict adherence to modern standards such as the Malaysian Halal Management System (MHMS).

Food Adulteration, Permissible and Wholesome, Higher Objectives of Islamic Law, Commercial Deception, Halal Authentication, Supply Chain Integrity.

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