Food

Spanish chocolate producer Cudié from Barcelona has halal certified its products. Company boss Albert Cirujeda speaks about his halal strategy, the European market and fair wages.

Food giant BRF buys a food company in the United Arab Emirates.

Halal fair Mihas will take place in Malaysia from September 9 to 12, 2021. Because of Corona the organizers had postponed the event.

SMIIC Member States have published 3 new OIC/SMIIC Standards in Halal supply chain management system.

The European Commission’s new portal “Access2Markets” provides information for over 120 global export markets.

“Halal Hannover” was postponed to March 2021 due to corona. Project manager Christoph Schöllhammer about trade fair preparations in the pandemic, the German halal market and hybrid events.

Brazilian chicken exports have increased this year. Demand from Saudi Arabia was particularly strong.

World Halal Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, will take place on 6 October as a hybrid edition.

In the first half of this year Brazil sold over one million tons of halal chicken to Islamic countries.

Indonesia makes food imports more difficult and strictly regulates the granting of import licences, says the German foreign trade agency GTAI.

Halal certification should be standardized for all Islamic countries that buy meats from Brazil, says the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce.

The international food and beverage show, Alimentaria, will take place from May 17 to 20, 2021.

Due to the developments related to the coronavirus, the international fair Mihas in Kuala Lumpur is being postponed. The date for next year will be determined later.

Brazil is an important producer of halal meat. Now the country wants to be active in other halal areas such as cosmetics, fashion and tourism. “The global halal market could reach the size of $3.2

Nestlé brands with Nutri-Score are already available for consumers in Spain and Portugal.

Global meat industry to decline by 5.3% to US$1.3 trillion in 2020 due to Covid-19 pandemic, says Global Data.

Brazilian meat processor BRF SA reduced its net loss in the first quarter of 2020 to 38 million reais ($6.63 million), compared to a loss of 1 billion reais in the same period last year,

Delivery service: The UK supermarket chain Morrisons is launching a food box for Ramadan.

German food retailer Aldi Süd tests halal beef sausages and turkish sucuk sausage.

Japanese food producer Ajinomoto is expanding in Southeast Asia and building a new plant in Malaysia for 85 million US dollars.

The UK House of Commons will start serving halal and kosher meals from March 30 – on a trial basis.

Fira de Barcelona has postponed the Alimentaria and Hostelco trade shows 2020 to September 14-17 this year.

For the postponed fair Halal Hannover there is now a replacement date. The trade fair will take place from 11 to 13 September 2020.