Pan-Islamic authority precursor to global Halal regulatory body.. Image from The Peninsula
Doha, (IINA) - In a major development, the Islamic world will have a central Halal Certification Authority and this key regulatory body will be headquartered in Qatar, The Peninsula Newspaper reported.
Halal, as we know, mainly refers to food items, meat in particular, which are permissible under Islam. In addition, 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) has 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 an added value to the achievements of the Chamber and will 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.
Moreover, the achievement is an important step towards the establishment of a unified global halal regulatory body, and will help attract more investments, as now that a global umbrella tasked with standardization in issuing halal certifications will be there, the QC emphasized.
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.
ICCIA member-countries agreed at a meeting in Jeddah recently to make Qatar the centre for certifying halal products, a project adopted by QC to promote the concept and culture of halal to contribute to the development of halal trade.
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