Executive Director of ICRIC visits New Zealand
Dr. Fakhari, Executive manager of ICRIC (Islamic Chamber of Research & Information Centre) in Iran travelled to New Zealand to have 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 the Halalworld standard.
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Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) supports Gulfood 2010
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Halal certification group under fire
An
Islamic group seeking to offer New Zealand businesses a "globally
recognised" halal certification is being criticised by the NZ
Federation of Islamic Associations, which says the Southeast Asian
organisation does not have the resources to do inspections here.
Reza Khedmati, director of Al-Rasoul Halal Certification, said the company had been set up to offer New Zealand exporters an "internationally accepted halal certification" as a result of problems encountered with Islamic countries.
Reza Khedmati, director of Al-Rasoul Halal Certification, said the company had been set up to offer New Zealand exporters an "internationally accepted halal certification" as a result of problems encountered with Islamic countries.
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Muslim move threat to NZ meat trade
Indonesia's highest authority on Islamic affairs, the Council of Ulema (MUI), has signalled a hard line on imports from New Zealand and other Western nations.
It plans to insist that all imported food labelled as halal is sold only if it has the council's own halal certification.
Why we must ban export of live sheep
Australians may
think of themselves as animal lovers, yet our laws allow many animals
to suffer a lifetime of cruelty in the name of profit.
Another outlet for meat in Fiji
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Oceania,
Meat & Poultry
The Muslim community can now buy meat from the Fiji
Meat Industry Board's Nasinu abattoir after the facility received its
halal accreditation this week.
NZIMM ready to export into more Halal markets
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Oceania,
Meat & Poultry
New Zealand Islamic Meat Management is ready
and able to take up the Prime Minister’s challenge to sell
exports into more Halal markets.
Food safety agency gets into halal-certification
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Oceania,
Halal Integrity
The New Zealand government is stepping into an arena it has previously tried to stay clear of - the certification of New Zealand exports as "halal", or "clean" in terms of Islamic religious rules. New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) has announced that organisations which certify halal meat for export will be subject to government oversight "to standardise halal certification and improve assurances to our trading partners".