KUALA LUMPUR, May 27, 2008 22:24 PM (Bernama)
The government said the move to give the responsibility of issuing the Malaysian Halal certificate to the Halal Industry Development Corporation (HDC) was important as it was intended to expand the adoption of the certificate to other countries such as Argentina and Brazil.
Deputy Finance Minister I, Datuk Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah said this was important as both the countries were among the best quality producers of beef in the world market."The transfer of the halal certification duty from Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (JAKIM) to HDC was intended to help in the promotion, marketing and holding of exhibitions on halal products and services at the international market," he said.
"The government cannot look at the strength of the halal certificate in the context of the country alone. It can be brought outside the country," he said."For an example, we know that Argentina and Brazil are among the best producers of meat in the world but the halal certificates issued by these countries are said not to be acknowledged by some countries.
"The government sees this as important for getting to expand the use of the Malaysian Halal certificate," he said at the Dewan Rakyat Tuesday.
To avoid any confusion (?), the government decided that only one body should monitor the development of the halal industry, he said."This is an issue of rationalisation as we are now looking into specialisation as when placed under HDC, the certification will be more efficient as HDC is an agency of economy," he said.
The promotion of Halal Malaysia involves a difficult ISO system and HDC is capable of carrying it out, he said.HDC, established on Sept 18, 2006 as a private company fully owned by the Ministry of Finance, was recently given the responsibility of issuing the Malaysian Halal certificate, taking over the function from Jakim.-- BERNAMA
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