Showing posts with label world halal food council. Show all posts
Showing posts with label world halal food council. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

INDONESIA - HALAL - Europe, U.S, Australia Support Indonesia As World's Halal Centre

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)

INDONESIA - HALAL - VP Hopes Halal Certification Not a Burden for Consumers

Vice President Boediono said that he hoped the application of ‘halal’ certification would not be too costly for poorer consumers. 

“I also hope that the standardization would be assessed so that it would not burden consumers. This is important because some of the consumers are Muslims whose incomes are still small,” the vice president said as he opened the annual meeting of the World Halal Food Council in Jakarta on Monday.   (source)