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Is fish gelatin halal?

excipient (gelatin, fish) · ingredient

strict
Halal
mainstream
Halal
lenient
Halal
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Gelatin from fish skin/scale; fish are halal without ritual slaughter (all madhhabs) — halal. The halal alternative to mammalian gelatin in capsules.

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Sources

IFANCA halal excipient guidance (ifanca.org) — IFANCA (Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America)PMC10770512 — halal pharmaceutical excipient classification (open-access review) — Heliyon (2023) — 'Towards halal pharmaceutical: Exploring alternatives to animal-based ingredients'JAKIM MS 2424:2012 (halal pharmaceuticals) — JAKIM (Department of Islamic Development Malaysia) — MS 2424:2012 halal pharmaceuticals

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