NZ - Halal meat exports

 New Zealand is one of the most important producers of meat and dairy productions to the different parts of the world among them Islamic countries. For this reason this country is a familiar name for the Muslims. This trade interaction has been caused that since 3 past decades, most of slaughter house engaged slaughtering according to Islamic laws regulations. For the permanent assessment of this processes and also dairy productions according to Halal World Standards and the necessity of unification of halal brands certifying bodies which are active in this country, travelling to New Zealand and discussing with authorities and industrial actives was planed and came in to implementation.

Dr. Fakhari, Executive manager of ICRIC has travelled to New Zealand and he had the meetings with the Manager of NZFSA ( New Zealand Food Safety Authority ) and economic authorities of New Zealand Foreign Affairs Ministry. He has been succeeded to explain them about the importance and the observance of Halalworld standard. He added that this standard was approved recently by Islamic countries and ICRIC is designed of pursuiting of implementing Halalworld certification in different countries. This subject was welcomed by them not only from the structure of hygiene controls but also from the trade development and they demanded expanding relation with ICRIC.
Separate visits have done in Wellington and Auckland (political and commercial capital of New Zealand), Chamber of Commerce of Auckland, Responsible of Meat Industry Association (MIA) and Fish Industry Council of New Zealand, New Zealand and Middle East Trade Council, representative of investors group of New Zealand (who are interested in investment in Halal projects in Islamic countries). After each meeting they declared their interests to be present in Halal market by ICRIC's consulting of its experts. It was agreed that Al-Rasoul Company (ICRICs' Halal delegation in Oceanic Area) to be the liaison between two parts. Al-Rasoul Company is a non-governmental non-profit organization in New Zealand, as ICRIC's representative in Halal issues that, present consultation services to industrial organizations and enterprises in the region.
A visiting was done of the well equipped and industrial abattoir, Green Lee, in the industrial city of Hamilton (120 KM from Auckland) that slaughters animals by Islamic religious laws. In this meeting, they assigned that proposed changes for completion of Halal process will be presented to them. It is clear that ICRIC took an effective step with this journey towards the Halal development in Oceanic Region.

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Source: newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk

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