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Indonesia has been chosen as a reference to standardize the world’s halal label, World Halal Council president Lukmanul Hakim said lately. “We will set a halal label standard, referring to Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore,” Lukmanul said as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.
The agreement was taken in a recent international meeting participated by 31 institutions such as the Australian Federation of Islamic Council (AFIC), Halal Transaction of Omaha of the U.S.A., and Shandong Islamic Association (SIA), China.
, Previously, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) and PT Barelang Livestock Center (BLC) have launched Healthy Halal Food with a view to distributing meat overseas, especially to the Middle East. The halal food includes mutton, chicken and beef.
PT Healthy Halal Food (HHF) president commissioner Sudomo told the Jakarta Post during the soft launching that the company was working with the MUI to produce various meat-based products in Batam, Riau Islands. He said HHF would encourage Islamic boarding schools to raise livestock for HHF.
“Halal food is definitely clean and healthy. We encourage boarding schools to take part in the venture and not only focus on religious but also economic matters so they can become more independent,” Sudomo, the former head of the Supreme Advisory Council (DPA) said. Sudomo added that the halal food business was very promising. Batam will serve as the base for HHF’s production.
The factory in Batam will be turned into a packaging facility and slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep and chicken imported from Australia, China and provinces in Indonesia, especially from partner boarding schools.
The planned packaging facility and slaughterhouse will be located in the Tunas Industrial Zone at the Batam Center. HHF expects the factory to commence operation in three months and says it would use processing machines from Germany.
MUI head, Amidhan said there was growing demand for halal meat-based products in non-Muslim countries. “Production is still in the trial stage. Halal food is a very promising field as many countries are turning to it, and it is consumed by Muslims as well as non-Muslims,” Amidhan said.
Tjetty said his company had invested US$5 million in the venture. The factory in Batam will produce between 750 and 1,000 tons of processed meat, such as meat floss, dried meat and fried chicken. The company said it would import 1,000 head of cattle from Australia.
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