UAE: With new leader, Dubai’s IHAF wants to develop ISO-level halal standards

Photo: Dr Rehab Faraj Al Ameri, secretary-general of the International Halal Accreditation Forum (IHAF) speaking at an event on June 29, 2019 in Abu Dhabi, UAE, organised by the Emirates Authority for Standardisation and Metrology (ESMA). Dr Rehab is also Director of the National Accreditation Department at ESMA. Photo supplied by ESMA

DUBAI – The International Halal Accreditation Forum (IHAF) has a new leader and she wants the Dubai-based body to help facilitate the development of ISO-level halal standards.

Dr Rehab Faraj Al Ameri told Salaam Gateway this vision is one that IHAF will achieve by working closely with its member accreditation bodies as well as stakeholders such as assessors and technical experts.

Al Ameri’s predecessor and IHAF’s first secretary-general, Mohamed Saleh Badri, has left her an organisation ready for growth.

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