Qatar to headquarter Halal Certification Authority office
In a major development, the Islamic world will have a central Halal Certification Authority and this key regulatory body will be headquartered in Qatar, according to The Peninsula.
Halal mainly refers to food items, meat in particular, which are permissible under Islam.
Also, as a historic achievement for Qatar Chamber, it is to be the concessionaire of Itqan Award. Itqan in Arabic means excellence and it is a coveted excellence award.
Jeddah-based Islamic Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (ICCIA) selected Qatar to be the headquarters of a pan-Islamic authority which will be responsible for issuing Halal certifications, QC said yesterday.
ICCIA is an organ of the 57-member Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) states. This is expected to boost the volume of foreign trade and stimulate food manufacturing, and will consolidate Qatar’s position as a global hub for Islamic economies, the QC said.
This is an important step towards the establishment of a unified global Halal regulatory body, and will help attract more investments.
The achievement will make Qatar an influencing body for the exporters and help attract more investments, in addition to promoting commercial exchange among Muslim countries and reduce unemployment rates and boost exports, the Chamber added.
To certify Halal products would mean that the products must be free of ingredients that are not permissible under Islamic law.
Courtesy: thepeninsulaqatar.com
It could be true as some companies may use the "halal" tag just to get extra sale while the product may not have been certified to be "halal" by a competent authority. That could have created doubts in the minds of one group.
acchbaccha: The dispute was between two muslim groups.. One refused to recognise the halal Certification whilst the other did...
Possibly, those people in the UK were totally blind to the meaning or understanding of "halal." But then, it takes all sorts to make this world.
That will be a good step.
This is interesting.. I recall a case in the UK , where certain groups diagreed with the halal certification process and deemed those products unedible..
Will this authority be recognised by ALL nations ?
Good Move,