MANILA: The Philippines will be conducting public hearings in order to standardise guidelines for halal food. The Department of Trade and Instustry (DTI) is expected to start the hearings on October 20 in Mindanao, which is where most of the Filipino Muslims can be found. Further sessions will also be held in Cebu City and Visayas. At the end of the exercise, the government hopes to establish a National Halal Standard for food that would regulate manufacturers who want to export halal food to overseas markets. The Standard was originally…

Iftar meals boxes at the boarding gate and in-flight by Emirates during Ramdhan. Dubai based Emirates will offer its passengers Iftar. Passengers will be informed of the Iftar time by the captain. This one of the several initaitives by the airline to serve the special needs of this month. It also announced to increase its services to Saudi Arabia during August, September and October to cater to the increased number of Umrah pilgrims. For flights departing close to Iftar, Emirates will provide small snack boxes at the boarding gates of…

After succesfull first World Halal Forum in The Hague in November 2009, the 2nd World Halal Forum Europe 2010 will be London on the 10th and 11th November 2010 at the Earls Court Conference Centre. The Conference theme is ‘Halal Products & Services - Going Mainstream'. World Halal Forum (WHF) is a one of the leading Halal Industry events held every year in Malaysia. Due to the increased activity in the Halal sector in Europe, WHF organized its first European forum in The Hague last year. With more and more…

The International Islamic University Malaysia Pushes its Foodservice Operators to get Halal Certification from JAKIM. Selangor, 26 July 2011 - International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) initiated a move to encourage all of its foodservice operators and providers to obtain Halal certification from JAKIM by holding an exclusive "Seminar Panduan Restoran Halal" which was attended by over 60 participants in its premise today. Tuan Noordin Ibrahim, the Deputy Director of Policy from JAKIM officially launched the programme held in collaboration with IIUM.