A criminal perspective of the COVID-19 Pandemic's impact on the Distribution of Halal Food

Siti Nur Azizah

Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Indonesia

Abstract:

The Halal food sector is one of the world's major industries. To meet the needs of Muslim societies, the delivery of halal food must be efficient. However, COVID-19 harms the performance of the halal food business, resulting in massive profit losses and customer unhappiness. This study aims to evaluate the criminal aspect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the distribution of halal food in Indonesia. The association between raw material unavailability, supply chain inefficiencies, wholesaler performance, retailer performance, distributor performance, and halal food distribution is investigated through a questionnaire survey. Two hundred seventy questionnaires were received and analyzed for data. Due to the lack of raw materials caused by COVID-19, the investigation revealed that supply chain operations are performing poorly. The lack of raw materials increases the inefficiency of supply chain processes. The inefficiencies in supply chain operations led to a decline in wholesalers, retailers, and distributor performance. In addition, the reduction in wholesaler, retailer, and distributor performance contributed to the decrease in halal food distribution performance.

Keyword:

The halal food industry, raw material, supply chain, wholesaler performance, retailer performance, distributor performance, and halal food distribution.