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Kelantan plans frozen halal food processing hub
(Friday November 14, 2008)

KOTA BARU: Kelantan plans to go big in the processing of frozen halal food by creating a hub to tap local and overseas markets.

The State Economic Develop­ment Corporation (SEDC) has been allocated RM17mil to ensure the growth of the industry starting with six manufacturers at the Pengkalan Chepa Industrial Zone.

SEDC general manager Wan Yahya Wan Salleh said the manufacturers were involved in producing sandwiches, curry puffs, murtabak and doughnuts.

He said one of the firms, Mix Green (M) Sdn Bhd, had secured an order of five containers worth of potato chips to the British market. Each container is worth RM30,000.

Wan Yahya was speaking to reporters after a tour of the facilities in the zone.

He said SEDC’s concept was to establish cottage industries while the corporation provides marketing and distribution strategies.

Another facility, to be built in Mulim Apam in Pasir Mas, would be the main distribution and export arm for the frozen food produced in Pengkalan Chepa.

Eventually, the concept would see ventures into the preparation of frozen halal meat.

The world frozen halal food market is estimated to be about RM5bil per year.

“There is also a huge demand for domestic consumption, particularly in the Klang Valley, where most of the frozen halal food would be distributed,” he said.

sumber : http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/11/14/nation/2539956&sec=nation