Businesses will be free to claim halal status for their products without getting religious certification under a new plan currently being worked on with the approval of Federal cabinet.

The plan is the brainchild of Queensland federal MP Andrew Laming, who claims halal certifiers are religious profiteers. Posts on his website about the plan are hashtagged "cashforclerics".

But Mr Laming's contribution has only made the highly contentious issue more confusing, with the food industry saying they already have the ability to claim halal status for their products without getting religious certification.

Mr Laming is keeping details of his plan largely under wraps, but he did confirm that he had "secured ministerial support" for his planned reforms, and is currently in the process of consulting with business groups.

"The current process is too expensive, is profiteering – although I don't have direct evidence of that, I have evidence that the charges are higher than kosher which is actually a more complicated process," he told Fairfax Media.