www.bernama.com - JAKARTA, Jan 17 (Bernama) -- The leaders of the European Union, United States and Australian delegations supported the idea of Indonesia serving as the world's halal centre, according to Antara News Agency. (source)
"We think Indonesia can a play a very important role in uniting halal standards and rules between exporter and importer countries of halal food throughout the world, and we are looking forward to it," Munim Al Chaman, a representative of the European Union Halal Certification Body said.
He was speaking at the annual meeting of World Halal Food Council (WHFC) here. The two-day international seminar kicked off on Monday, with leaders from 14 countries attending it.
Munim said Europe is much interested in the halal concept as the people in this region want to hear and know more about halal concept.
"We want to be able to gain the same ability as the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) which can certify all products in Indonesia, including imported goods as it is not easy to uphold halal standards in the Netherlands," he said.
Therefore, he added that Indonesia, as the country with the largest Muslim population in the world, should make a breakthrough about halal standards.
In the seminar, an international handbook on halal standards titled "Requirements of Halal Certification" was launched as a guide on halal parameter
While, the chairman of the Australia-New Zealand Halal Certification Body, Esad Alagic said Australia's perspective is to guarantee to the world`s halal consumers and work together with MUI to produce the best authentic halal products.
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