Halal Development Corporation (HDC)

The Halal Development Corporation (HDC), formerly the Halal Industry Development Corporation, is a Malaysian federal government agency mandated as custodian of Malaysia's halal economy. ¹

It was founded on 18 September 2006, with government backing, to bring together the clusters of Malaysia's halal sector and raise its economic contribution. ¹ It designs programmes for small, medium and large firms and works with federal and state bodies on halal standards and trade. ¹ It drew up the Halal Industry Masterplan 2008–2020 and, later, the Master Plan 2030. ¹

It is secretariat of Malaysia's Halal Industry Development Council, chaired by the deputy prime minister, and coordinates four aims: policy and monitoring, certification enhancement and enforcement, standards and traceability, and industry and entrepreneurship. ¹ In October 2013 it signed a memorandum for a RM280 million Halal Development Fund, and since 2019 it has expanded into Japan, Korea and Taiwan. ¹

• English Wikipedia, "Halal Development Corporation", revision 1372758431. ¹