Another "Mission Accomplished" : Halal Comprehensive Training Program 11th - 15th February 2018
@ Emirates Flight Catering (EKFC), Dubai, UAE.
Mission Accomplished, Halal Program from 28th - 30th January 2018 @ GIC International Catering, Frankfurt - Germany.
Some people in your office dress well, some talk well, some carry themselves well, but you just get jobs done well.
Congratulations & Well Done.
CONGRATULATIONS - Etihad Airport Catering Services on your success.
You very well deserve this congrats for your Halal / Health, Safety, Environment & Quality Team hard work and dedication.
Halal Awareness Training & Certification Program @ Cuisine Solutions Asia, Chanburi, Thailand
Meeting with UAE Hamariyah Free Zone & Sharjah Municipality Authority - 06th November 2017.
Middle Eastern, Oriental, Indian & Asian Culinary Training for Fluery Michon - FRANCE
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Halal Training and Certification Program @ Cambodia Air Catering Services , Phnom Penh - 18th January 2017
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Halal Training & Certification Program @ Vietnam Air Catering Services , Hanoi & Cham Ranh, 04th till 08th Jan. 2017
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Halal Training and Certification Program @ HIGICOL SA, Porto - Portugal
Halal Training and Certification Program @ Maldives Inflight Catering - 18th May 2016
Halal Cargo Logistics Training and Certification Program @ Brunei International Airport Cargo Centr - 04th May 2016
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Halal Training and Certification Program @ Chongqing Air Catering CO. LTD: 28th April 2016, Chongqing China.
The signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Authority of Xingjiang Province and Malaysian Team for Halal, Muslim Friendly and Hospitality Services project.
The signing of the six MOUs, to establish and to promote integrated Halal and Muslim Friendly program in China and Central Asia region, was signed by both parties and witnessed by his excellency
Malaysian Ambassador to China, Dato' Zainuddin Yahya (standing in the middle).The City Mayor of Wujiaqu City, Urumqi and the Chinese Party Secretary convened the ceremony and gave the
welcome address, providing a brief introduction to "The One Belt & One Road Initiatives Halal Products and Certification" and its international collaborations.
Everyone will look forward to a productive and wonderful partnership, Insyaa Allah @ Xinjiang Province - 26th April 2016:
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Halal Training and Certification Program @ Davigel, France, 12th Feb. 2016
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Halal Training & Certification Program @ GIC International, Frankfurt, 18 Feb. 2016
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Halal Certification Program at Amol Dairy & Ice Cream Company @ Amol City, Mazandaran Province, IRAN.
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Halal Training and Certification Program @ MIASCOR Manila(MNL) & Clark(CRK)
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Halal Training & Certification Program Jan. 2016 @ Gate Gourmet Pudong, CHINA
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Halal lead Auditor Training @ Dhaka, Bangladesh – 03rd till 07th December 2015
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Etihad Airways Halal Lead Auditors Program, Abu Dhabi - UAE.
Etihad Airways Halal Lead Auditor Program, 05th Nov. 2015 @ Abu Dhabi - UAE.
Halal Awareness Training & Certification @ Japanese Halal Restaurant "SOJIBO" in Diver City Plaza.
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Halal Awareness Training & Compliance Audit @ Perth Inflight Catering (PIC) PER Kitchen Unit 24th April 2015
Official opening of "The World Halal Summit 2015", by Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
The WHS 2015 themed 'Enhancing the Global Halal Movement', starts since Monday, 30th March till Saturday 04th April 2015.It is designed as a platform to provide opportunities for halal-industry stakeholders to collaborate, network, discuss and present viable ideas for the expansion and promotion of the industry as well as to overcome the challenges it faces.
Global Halal Logistics (GHL) has been certified under the International Halal Integrity Alliance (IHIA) Halal Standard for Logistics (IHIAS 0100:2010).
GHL has clearly defined and communicated procedures that protect the halal integrity throughout the supply chain, from pick-up to delivery. This provides their clients the necessary Halal Assurance for their halal (certified) products and the final consumer, limited to the logistics.
The company has appointed a halal compliance officer who checks that their Halal Logistics Solutions are conform with the halal logistics requirements. GHL facilities are subject to regular inspection by a IHIA halal authority to ensure that the operations are in compliance with the international halal logistics standard and Malaysian halalan-toyyiban assurance pipeline standard (MS 2400 1 & 2:2010).
Halal Lead Auditor's Training at Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UNIKL) INTEM, Kepong KL from 12th till 15th January 2015
Visit to Dubai Central Laboratory Department - 21st September 2014
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A growing number of Japanese Airlines Caterers are offering Halal Meals in their menus to cater to the needs of the growing number of Muslim passengers.
Halal Awareness Training & Compliance Audit @ TFK Haneda (HND) Kitchen Unit from 27th 29th August 2014.
nnnVisit Lahore Meat Processing Complex a project of Punjab Agriculture & Meat Company (PAMCO) to conduct "Halal & Hygiene Audit".
First state-of-the-art slaughtering & meat processing facility. Mechanical equipment provided by Turkey, Netherlands and Iran.
Capacity of 500 large animals and 6000 small animals (8 hours shift). Advanced in-house lab testing facility and trained human resource.
Compliance of certifications - Halal, HACCP & ISO 9001 certified.
Halal Training & Accreditation @ Islamic Centre for Halal Certificate - HANOI, 23rd May 2014
A growing number of Japanese Airlines Caterers are offering Halal Meals in their menus to cater to the needs of the growing number of Muslim passengers. More info visit: "News Update"
HALAL AWARENESS PROGRAMME IN EUROPE
HALAL NEWS - JAPAN
Kyoto Aims to be Muslim-Friendly City.
Salama - 23/12/2013 - Japan Times
KYOTO – Kyoto, a city known worldwide as a major center for Buddhism and as the home of some of the country’s most famous Shinto shrines, is stepping up efforts to better welcome one particular group of foreign visitors: Muslims.
With the number of Muslim tourists from Malaysia on the rise, thanks to visa restrictions that were eased last July and the growing number of international conferences in the ancient capital being attended by Muslims from Africa, the Middle East and South and Southeast Asia, the city decided earlier this year to formally research better ways meet their needs.
Of the nearly 845,000 foreign visitors to Kyoto in 2012 who spent at least one night at a hotel, only about 13,000 were from Malaysia and Indonesia. But that was up from the combined 8,000 or so who visited in 2011, and the figure is expected to grow.
In response, Kyoto established a study group to make the city more Muslim-friendly. It consists of hotel managers, convention bureau officials, restaurateurs and others interested in attracting more Muslims. The group receives advice from the Kyoto Muslim Association, which allows Muslims to visit and pray at the mosque inside and which provides information on halal and Muslim-friendly restaurants in Kyoto.
Some hotels, such as Hotel Granvia and Kyoto Century Hotel, already offer Muslim-friendly meals, while the Kyoto Rose Café, not far from the association’s headquarters, offers halal meals. There are also Japanese/English-language websites that list halal and Muslim-friendly establishments in Kyoto.
But one idea that the group, under the direction of the Kyoto Muslim Association, is looking at is a more detailed guide to restaurants that are classified as not only “Muslim-friendly” but also “halal,” “Muslim-welcome” and “pork-free.”
A restaurant is designated halal when all of its menu items are halal-certified and contain no pork or pork products, and when no alcohol, including cooking wine or mirin (a sweet cooking wine made from rice), is used during the cooking process. Muslim-friendly means the restaurant has both halal and non-halal menus. Muslim-welcome means no pork or alcohol was used in the cooking, but non-halal meats and alcohol are available. Pork-free means just that, but alcohol may have been used in the cooking and the menu is non-halal.
In addition to offering prayer rooms facing toward Mecca or taking care to ensure the food served meets the requirements of Muslim customers, there are other issues.
Rie Doi, director of tourism promotion at the Kyoto Convention Bureau, notes it is especially important that Kyoto businesses interested in selling their wares to Muslim tourists understand the cultural background of their customers.
“For example, some companies may wish to offer certain kinds of souvenirs in colors that are particularly popular in the Muslim world and different from (those) other foreign customers might want,” she said.
At the same time, Muslim tourists, no matter where they’re from, ask the same kinds of questions any tourist might ask. A recent report presented to the study group noted that Malaysian Muslims asked their travel agents why they were going to a particular Kyoto temple or shrine and what, exactly, they could do while there. The report said addressing these questions was extremely important to Muslim visitors. But not a few tourists — most with limited time, little or no understanding of Japanese, and a minimal understanding of Kyoto’s history — are likely to want the answers as well.
Japan to Increase Halal Food Export
Japan's prime minister Shinzo Abe has announced his government's plans to double halal food export by 2020
World Bulletin / News Desk 04 November 2013
Japan plans to increase its export of Halal Food as demand for Japanese food grows in Muslim countries in the Middle-East and Asia. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced plans to double exports by 2020 in a move that will bring an extra $10.3 billion to the country.
The Kuwait News Agency reported that the Japanese government is prepared to pay for half of the costs involved in upgrading processing facilities to make them compliant to Halal Standards.
The Japanese government hopes to increase beef exports in particular. At the moment Hong Kong and Thailand are the main customers of Japanese beef, but there is also a high demand for it in the UAE. They also aim to expand the market to Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and Malaysia.
Dubai to Host 1st Global Islamic Economy Summit
Industry experts will focus on six major pillars of the Islamic economy — Islamic Finance; Halal Food; Halal Lifestyle; Halal Travel; SME Development; and Islamic Economy Infrastructure — during the forthcoming ‘Global Islamic Economy Summit’ in Dubai.
Following the launch of ‘Dubai: Capital of Islamic Economy’ by His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in partnership with Thomson Reuters, is organizing the summit on November 25 and 26, 2013. It will gather leading thinkers, policy makers and stakeholders from around the world to lead a discussion on the future of the $4 trillion Islamic economy. With a consumer base of 1.6 billion Muslims, much has been said about the promise the Islamic world holds for economic growth and profitability. Yet very little transformative dialogue has been undertaken to assess the scale of opportunities and challenges within the global Islamic Economy.
The Summit will initiate critical dialogue on the development of the integrated sectors of the Islamic Economy, covering Islamic financial services, halal manufacturing and related lifestyle sectors.Islamic Finance will cover: Islamic banking, Islamic asset management, takaful and retakaful, sukuk and capital markets and Waqf endowments; Halal Food: agriculture, ingredients and manufacturing, retail, logistics, research and product development and food services; Halal Lifestyle: cosmetics, personal care, pharmaceuticals, fashion, entertainment; art and design and media; Halal Travel: hospitality, tourism, meetings incentives conferences & exhibitions (MICE), healthcare and Hajj/Umrah; SME Development: technology and innovation, venture capital financing, incubation and training; Islamic Economy Infrastructure: training and education, compliance, standardisation, research, Muslim consumer marketing and research and government services.
The event will feature the launch of several innovations relating to the Islamic economy, including ground-breaking market studies and announcements from Dubai: Capital of Islamic Economy.Commenting on the launch, Mohammed Abdullah Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs and Chairman of the Executive Office of Shaikh Mohammed said: “As part of the ‘Dubai: Capital of Islamic Economy’ initiative, the Global Islamic Economy Summit 2013 offers that one point of focus highlighting a world of opportunities in the Islamic economy. And there’s no better place to do it than Dubai, the geographic and economic nexus of the Islamic world and a melting pot of citizens from hundreds of countries and dozens of cultures.”Abdul Rahman Saif Al Ghurair, chairman, Dubai Chamber, said: “As a growing global business and leisure destination, Dubai is an ideal choice to become the capital of the Islamic economy.
The UAE is already one of the biggest markets in the region for Islamic banking and we see major opportunities to enhance the halal food industry, develop trade policies and commercial laws, and Islamic tourism among other sectors. The Global Islamic Economy Summit will be the ideal platform to explore these ideas and begin a constructive dialogue for future growth and development.”Russell Haworth, managing director, Middle East and North Africa, Thomson Reuters, said: “The emergence of an Islamic Economy as a definable economic paradigm opens up a new horizon of opportunities that, if nurtured, can bring tremendous benefits for societies all over the world.”Sayd Farook, Global Head of Islamic Capital Markets, Thomson Reuters, commented: “In the current global economic climate, the search for new underserved markets has brought a fresh spotlight onto the Muslim world, and especially with regard to Islamic Finance and the Halal food and services sectors. The convergence of these two Shariah compliant industries is likely to be a new engine of growth that engages both the Muslim and non-Muslim world.”
A self-service udon noodle restaurant in Kansai International Airport, Za U-don got halal accreditation from the Malaysian Halal Consultation & Training (MHCT Agency), according to Kansai In-flight Catering Co., the operator of the service.
Kansai In-flight Catering Co. is part of the restaurant chain operator Royal Holdings Co. The latter got requests for halal food from people traveling to Islamic countries. So far, the Osaka airport had no halal restaurants, Kyodo reports.
Halal means permitted or lawful according to Islamic Law which forbids the consumption of pork and its derivatives, and alcoholic drinks (e.g. wine, sake, mirin etc) among other requirements.
Note: Udon is a type of thick wheat flour noodle of Japanese cuisine. Udon is often served hot as a noodle soup in its simplest form, as kake udon, normally prepared in a mildly flavoured broth called kakejiru, which is made of dashi, soy sauce and mirin. It is usually topped with thinly chopped scallions. Other common toppings include tempura, often prawn or kakiage (a type of mixed tempura fritter), or aburaage, a type of deep-fried tofu pockets seasoned with sugar, mirin, and soy sauce. A thin slice of kamaboko, a halfmoon-shaped fish cake, is often added. Shichimi can be added to taste.
Halal Mark a Must for All Food Products in UAE by 2014
18th May 2013 Gulf News - By Shafaat Shahbandari
Dubai: All food products claiming to be halal need to have a halal mark and certification
from next year, a senior official from the Emirates Standardisation and Metrology Authority (Esma) has said.
The in-flight caterer also aims to expand its halal food business in the Arab region
KUALA LUMPUR: Brahim’s Holdings Bhd is banking on Jordan to promote its military food products in the Middle East and improve overseas earnings, major shareholder Datuk Ibrahim Ahmad Badawi (picture) says.
The in-flight caterer also aims to expand its halal food business in the Arab region, said Ibrahim, who is group executive chairman.
Brahim’s, via wholly-owned unit Brahim’s Overseas Ventures Sdn Bhd (BOV), rolled out last week its food production factory, Arab Ready Meals LLC (ARM), at the KADDB Industrial Park in the Dhail special free zone in Jordan.
The factory, which was built at a cost of US$45 million, will supply 500,000 24-hour ration packs annually to the Royal Jordanian Army.
ARM is a 50:50 joint venture between BOV and King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau, Jordan’s defence think tank.
BOV is a specialist in developing and packing ready-to-eat meals based on Middle Eastern cuisine.
The project was initiated four years ago when King Abdullah visited Malaysia to discuss the possibility of a Malaysian company producing halal ration packs for the United Nations peacekeeping f
orces and the regional military.
Ibrahim, who is also the chairman of BOV, said the factory, the first of its kind in the region, will serve as Brahim’s hub for the lucrative Middle East market.
“We expect our presence in Jordan to be the launchpad for further military food deals in the Middle East.
“Our military food packs represent a technology change from the traditional tin cans, which are heavy and bulky,” he told Business Times in an interview this week.
He added that exporting technology and know-how, particularly in halal food production, is Brahim’s strength. “This project marks the successful collaboration between two Muslim nations.”
Brahim’s, famous for its ready-to-use cooking sauces and meat dishes, is also looking at ways to increase its earnings.
By year-end, the group is hoping to wipe out the RM170 million accumulated losses incurred by MAS Catering Sdn Bhd, which it bought in 2003.
It recently bought over LSG Asia’s 49 per cent stake in the world’s largest halal flight kitchen at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang.
With the conclusion of the deal, it expects a quantum leap in net profit and revenue in the current year.
Brahim’s is also looking forward to serving airlines at klia2 with its new range of Asian and international cuisine when the new low-cost terminal starts operations in June, Ibrahim said.
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May 7, 2013 . Dr. Hamzah Mohd Salleh. an associate professor at the International Institute for Halal Research and Training at the International Islamic University in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, was interviewed by the New Scientist Magazine on his research and future endeavours. Here are some excerpts: What type of research do you do? My colleagues and I aim to find ways to detect non-halal materials in products that are to be certified halal. Our chemists check for porcine DNA or an unacceptable level of alcohol, for example. We also try to find alternatives to forbidden ingredients, such as gelatin made from fish skin instead of from pigs. Our research assists the halal industry – estimated to be worth trillions of US dollars per year globally – and the religious organisations that certify products as halal. Halal slaughter involves cutting the animal's throat with a sharp knife, before draining the blood. Does your work inform this area? The Malaysian halal regulatory body doesn't encourage stunning before slaughter, but since the country imports meat from countries such as Australia and New Zealand, where stunning is required, guidelines have been drawn up. These detail the current to be used and how long it should be applied, based on an animal's weight. We want to detect if guidelines are violated. So we are trying to find biomarkers – increased levels of hormones or enzymes – that are produced if an animal is overstunned, to make sure that the electricity is only used to stun rather than kill. Do you think the growth of halal science is because halal certification is big business? That's one reason. There are great opportunities for companies to address the needs of Muslims around the world. If you fulfil the requirements and accommodate those needs, that is OK, even if the driving force behind this is profit. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21829150.300-going-hightech-to-keep-the-worlds-muslims-halal.html 
Feb.14, 2013. Expo Center Shajah is to hold an exhibition to educate the Muslim community on ensuring the food they consume is genuinely halal. Halal Middle East will be held at Expo Center Sharjah on 16-18 December 2013, including Halal Expo and Halal Congress Middle East. A spokesman for the event said back-to-back local, and international, cases of halal food contamination have created a need for general consumers to be aware of halal rules and regulations. In recent weeks, the issue of food contamination has received extensive press coverage in the UK, where the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has been informed by the Ministry of Justice that meat pies and pastries supplied to prisons in England and Wales were labelled and served as halal but contained traces of pork DNA. This follows a wider national scandal that horsemeat has been found in processed beef products on sale at supermarket chains including Tesco. 
