A unified Halal standard mooted for Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia
A unified Halal standard between Brunei, Malaysia and Indonesia could pave the way for more Halal products from the region onto supermarket shelves in Europe, suggests an expert.
In the run up to the World Halal Forum Europe, Project Director Abdalhamid Evans talks about why the creation of national Halal accreditation bodies will be the most significant development in Europe.
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The government of Bangladesh is forming a high-profile committee to recommend ways to establish a halal food certification board after repeated appeals from local processed food exporters.
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Brunei has proposed that the Religious Affairs Ministers of neighbouring Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and Singapore (Mabims) reach an agreement on mutual recognition of each of their halal certification and logo.
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The recent announcement on the single halal logo and certification authority from April next year has been well received by Muslim Consumers Association Of Malaysia (PPIM) and restaurant operators.
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The single Malaysian Halal logo and certification will come into force by April next year, said the Malaysian Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister.
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A professional, business-led Halal auditing body can complement the efforts of local Halal certifiers by instituting business-driven mechanisms for enforcement to safeguard the consumers, says Tan Sri Dato’ Muhammad Ali Hashim.
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Leading halal meat personality Naved Syed has hit back at recent negative media coverage that halal meat is being secretly served to UK consumers.
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Brunei Halal brand launched its range of Halal F&B products within the local market yesterday carrying the premium Brunei Halal Brand logo, with Singapore supermarkets next.
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A German expert on halal certification has praised Malaysia for the “pioneering work” it has done in the field of halal food processing.
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A prominent Malaysian chamber of commerce will suggest to the government to restructure the Halal verficiation system and set up a professional halal audit body.
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Malaysia is in the midst of drafting a new Halal Act that would enable JAKIM to carry out enforcement on Halal certificate and logo. A nationwide roadshow is helping to reinforce this.
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JAKIM, or the Islamic Development Department of Malaysia, is a government body that issues the Malaysian Halal certificate and logo to local and international food and non food producers.
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The need to establish one global Halal standard is currently the most pressing issue within the Halal industry. Wan Melissa Wan Hassan analyses what would it take, and what’s at stake, to harmonise the existing Halal standards.
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The move for a single Halal standard and logo is gaining momentum after Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia agreed to form special taskforce and integrate each Halal standards and push only Indonesia’s Halal Standard to be the world’s most preferred Halal standard to the OIC.
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Indonesia is battling the classic consumer-industry tug-o-war, where proponents on both sides are keen to capitalise off each other in the world’s most populous Muslim nation.
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