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29 March 2024

UAE to soon have ‘Halal National Mark’ on food products

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, at a session of the 10th World Islamic Economic Forum in Dubai.

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Dubai Municipality and the Emirates Standardisation and Metrology Authority (Esma) will work together to set up the ‘Halal National Mark’ certification for food products to ensure that they are in line with the Shariah law.

The announcement was made at the 10th World Islamic Economic Forum.

“The certification mark is launched as part of the UAE Scheme for Halal Products which will be mandatorily applied as per the resolution No (10) issued by the Federal Cabinet in 2014, said Hussain Nasser Lootah, director general of the Dubai municipality.

The process will help regulate and certify the Halal products.

“Dubai Municipality has a major role in setting the Shariah compliance requirements and regulating the Halal industry, while Esma will grant the mark indicating that the product, service and production system was in conformity with the approved requirements,” he added.

“According to the regulation, the Halal certificate is a document certifying that the product, service or their respective schemes are Shariah-compliant.

“This includes halal slaughtering certificates, certificates of establishments, farms, slaughterhouses and facilities classified as ‘halal,’ certificates of raw food materials, food additives, ingredients with meat derivatives, extracts, as well as animal smells, gelatine, fats, oils and their derivatives.”