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Bosnian leader: Halal products represent an opportunity

by admin | May 25, 2021 | Business Summit, Events, Halal Food, Halal Industries, Muslim World, Social Round-up

Belgrade, Serbia: The chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bakir Izetbegovic on Friday said halal products presented an opportunity for Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Izetbegovic’s remarks came during his visit to Sarajevo Halal Fair 2018.

“I have very good impressions from the fair. There are many manufacturers from all over the world. Halal products are certainly a chance for Bosnia and Herzegovina, we import 50 percent of food in Bosnia, and 50 percent of our land is unprocessed, and this land is clean, not polluted,” said Izetbegovic.

Izetbegovic said he learned more about halal products during his visit and pointed out that Bosnia boasted a huge market for halal products.

“Halal […] is healthy food for people, but what has particularly impressed me is the halal attitude towards animals. Chickens, cattle etc. are treated in a humane manner. The food they eat is also checked and halal,” said Izetbegovic.

Meanwhile, Amer Bukvic, CEO of Bosna Bank International, the event organizer, said there was a great interest for the fair.

“As you can see, there is a great interest, a large number of people […]. We hope that we have made a new trend and that this will be an overture for a multi-year project where we will bring producers and buyers from all over the world to the Sarajevo halal industry which is one of the fastest growing industries in the world,” said Bukvic.

Sarajevo Halal Fair 2018 — the first-ever halal fair in Sarajevo — hosts around 100 exhibitors from 36 countries.

The fair is to enable the participants from the Balkan countries, including Serbia, Slovenia and Albania, as well as from Turkey, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia and the EU countries to introduce halal food products.

Anadolu Agency is the global communications partner for the three-day event.

—AA

MWL to launch website for halal in over 20 languages

by admin | May 25, 2021 | Halal Industries, Muslim World

Makkah : The Muslim World League (MWL) has established the world’s largest Halal Center in Makkah, to be an international reference to whatever concerns the halal products.

MWL said it is in the process of launching a website for halal in more than 20 languages, in line with its efforts to restructure its Halal Commission and transform it into the world’s first brand of halal.

The Pan-Islamic NGO affirmed that it is the world leader in applying the halal terms, pointing out that it takes great care in the application of legal and regulatory standards, whether on products exported to Saudi Arabia or to countries with which the MWL has agreed to control exports.

MWL explained that it oversees all the stages of halal production and export, in order to ensure its institutional work in this field. It revealed that it has sent specialists and legal experts to a number of countries including Brazil, Australia, Canada, to directly supervise the halal industry, record remarks and take legal action against violators.

The League said it had received calls from many governments in Asia and Europe to be the authorized exporter of halal products to the countries of those governments. It added that halal agreements have been concluded with some of these governments, while agreements are at final stages with others.

—AB/UNA-OIC