Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has expressed confidence the Thai food industry will remain the country’s top revenue earner despite any impact the euro-zone crisis may have. In fact, the overall Asean population of 601 million is a good alternative to ailing Europe.
The system can verify online more than 3,000 Halal products that are registered with Jakim. DagangAsia Net invested RM3.5 million to set up the Halal Verified Engine (HVE) at the DagangHalal.com portal.
Tan Sri Muhyiddin Hj Mohd Yassin, in his keynote address, praised the World Halal Forum for its efforts in emphasizing on a universal appeal on Halal principles and for leveraging on creative channels like the arts, media and entertainment in spreading good values.
A GROWING number of companies from Chile are going for halal certification as they look to increase their exports to Asia, including Malaysia. There are currently 54 halal-certified export-oriented companies in Chile.
Aiming to tap into the $2.77 trillion international Halal food industry, Expo Centre Sharjah launched its new trade fair at the global hub of Halal food trade – Malaysia.
Over 300 foreign buyers from 52 countries participated in the business meetings with local companies. The buying mission at MIHAS was organised by the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade).
Malaysian halal food players have been invited to the Sharjah Expo Centre in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the “Halal Food Middle East” trade show in December.
Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said Malaysia is ready to further strengthen existing halal programmes with the International Halal Integrity Alliance (IHI Alliance) to support an efficient Halal ecosystem in the country.
For the first time, Morocco will hold an international Halal food exhibition entirely dedicated to the export market. It will be held in the historic city Meknès, in Morocco, 13-15 of September 2012. Moroccan authorities, as well as concerned institutions, will be also be attending a parallel conference to discuss and debate on the current government directives, and also to share their different experiences regarding Halal issues with all the foreign participants.
Aiming to effectively tap into the nearly US$ 3 trillion global Halal food market, Expo Centre Sharjah (ECS) has tied up with the Morocco-based Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT) to launch the inaugural edition of Halal Food Middle East.
Presenting his report to the HMC National Executive Committee, Shaykh Yunus said; “This was a
very important conference for the Muslim community around the world and we congratulate the Saudi Drug and Food Authority for an outstanding conference and wonderful hospitality.”
The Sultanate’s participation in this conference comes within the framework of exchanging expertise, data and to view the latest developments and changes in halal food area, as well as to coordinate efforts and activities among states participating in the conference.
The main sessions will focus on genetically modified food, lawfulness of food additives, analysis methods of halal food, control of halal food, its standards, certification and countries’ experiences in halal food control.
Riyadh Governor Prince Sattam opened an international conference on halal food in the capital here on Sunday. The Saudi Food and Drugs Authority organized the three-day conference focusing on monitoring halal food. In his address, Executive President of SFDA Muhammad Al-Kanhal stressed the need to monitor imported food.
SFDA has brought scientific and religious scholars to a common platform to explore new ways of improving the global halal food industry and to chalk out a mechanism to maintain a uniform check on the quality as well as the regulations adopted by the local authorities to ensure that the food consumed is halal.
The task of today is bringing halal certified products to the consumers from every region of Russia. One of the major beginnings is the development of halal store chains in different regions of Russia.
International Conference on Halal Industry, Declaration Issue. Muhammad Zubair Mughal, Chief Executive Officer, Halal Research Council said that Pakistan has every capability to become a Halal Hub, in comparison with any other country. He says that the whole world is anticipating Pakistan as a Halal Hub which he believes is becoming a reality.
For the first time the Halal Food Control and Exhibition will be held in Riyadh. This conference will be held concurrently with a halal products exhibition. Important issues surrounding standardization of halal will be one of the main topics to be discussed.
Islamic Finance news – IFN Today, Thursday, 24th May 2012
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