According to Brazil’s poultry industry association ABPA, halal-certified chicken exports were weaker in the lead-up to the holy month of Islam. Muslim associations federation Fambras also reported a drop in halal protein certificates for several countries.
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As of May, warehouses and cold storage chambers will require halal certification. The change applies to Gulf countries such as Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Event on the 29th in São Paulo is aimed at food companies, especially those that are going to participate in Gulfood in Dubai. Focus will be the market of Arab countries in the Gulf.
Brazilian company obtained the authorization for its unit in Colombia to export beef to Saudi Arabia.
Cordeiro da Estância started offering all halal-certified cuts in Brazil. Company also announced the production of certified bovine meat within the next 90 days.
Taiba Chicken buys poultry products from Russia to resell in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, and now it intends to buy Brazilian products to amplify sales.
Brazil’s Agriculture minister Tereza Cristina will travel to three or four Arab countries next September. She intends to discuss sales of new agribusiness products, as well as the import of Arab goods to Brazil.
The new process will save the Brazilian food company USD 130,000 and 72,000 cubic meters of water a year.
Brazil shipped 192,000 tonnes of chicken meat to the Arab country in H1. Total foreign sales grew by 11% in the period.
Current head of the Brazilian diplomatic representation to Bogotá, Colombia, Julio Bitelli was nominated to the embassy in Rabat. At the Arab Brazilian Chamber, he said that diversifying exports and signing the agreement with Mercosur will be his priorities.
