The Islamic development department (Jakim), however, said that hotels or premises can establish any appropriate mechanism in accordance with the procedures set to maintain the integrity of Malaysia’s Halal Certification.

“Jakim would like to refer to a media report regarding a hotel in Kuala Lumpur that put a ‘non-halal lift’ sign on one of its elevators to move non-halal perishable goods.

“In the report, it was also stated that the instruction regarding the placing of the sign was a regulation stipulated by Jakim,” it said in a statement today.

It was previously reported that the management of a hotel stated that the premises had put up a “non-halal lift” sticker on the lift which was used to carry non-halal and perishable goods.

The hotel had issued a statement saying it was part of the halal certification requirements.

This was in response to a post uploaded by lawyer Siti Kasim who uploaded a picture of a sign stating “non-halal lift” in a four-star hotel on social media and questioned the rationale behind it.