- HALAL STANDARD : Philippines to finalize national halal standards by April

Philippines:
The Philippines wants to get a share of halal market
...nationwide consultations are now under way to finalize
threedraft standards, namely:
the Halal Agriculture and Fishery Products,
the Code of Halal Slaughtering Practices for Poultry
the Code of Halal Slaughtering Practices for Large Ruminants.
Besides prescribing specific procedures for each food group, the standards
will also "address issues on genetically modified organisms," the statement added.

...The Agriculture department hopes to finalize these halal standards in time
for their presentation at the meeting of the ASEAN Technical Working
Group on Halal Food and the World Halal Forum this April in Malaysia,
the statement said.
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