{"id":113622,"date":"2018-03-23T18:02:47","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T20:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/escaesco.com.br\/lab\/anba\/?p=113622"},"modified":"2018-03-23T19:31:59","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T21:31:59","slug":"brazil-discusses-halal-slaughter-standards-with-saudi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/brazil-discusses-halal-slaughter-standards-with-saudi\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil discusses halal slaughter standards with Saudi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 A Brazilian delegation will be in Saudi Arabia this weekend to discuss halal chicken slaughter standards with local authorities. The Arabian Peninsula country is the biggest buyer of Brazilian poultry. However, there are divergences regarding the practice of stunning the animals through electric shock prior to slaughter.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_113614\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-113614\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-113614\" src=\"https:\/\/escaesco.com.br\/lab\/anba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSCN4417-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSCN4417-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSCN4417-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSCN4417-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-113614\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers packing chicken at a plant in Rio Grande do Sul<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Halal means in accordance with Muslim traditions. However, the concept of what\u2019s permissible or not varies from country to country. Birds are required to be alive the moment their necks are slit, and Saudi authorities claim that the shock kills the animals ahead of time. Brazilian producers, on the other hand, ensure that they\u2019re not killed, just stunned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will discuss halal slaughter standards and try to reach an agreement, said\u00a0<strong>Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong>\u00a0Special Projects advisor Tamer Mansour, a veterinarian by trade with several years working in the meat industry under his belt.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post_text\">\n<p>Mansour will accompany a mission led by the executive secretary of Brazil\u2019s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, Eumar Novacki. The delegation will also include the vice president of the Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA), Rui Vargas, the secretary general of the International Poultry Council (IPC), Mar\u00edlia Rangel, and delegates from Brazilian halal certifiers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSaudi Arabia wants slaughter to be carried out without the stunning method, but Brazil would like to discuss that, and to demonstrate that the stunning method does not kill the bird,\u201d Mansour stressed.<\/p>\n<p>One of the method\u2019s advantages, according to Mansour, is the fact that the bird sits still during slaughter, instead of flailing, which can lead to bruises. This ensures higher-quality meat.<\/p>\n<p>One of the delegation\u2019s meetings will be with the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA). The Arab country set a deadline on April 1st for Brazil and other exporting countries to comply with its requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Last year saw Brazil ship over USD 1 billion worth of poultry to Saudi Arabia, down 13% from 2016, according to data from the Brazilian Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-113614\">Alexandre Rocha\/ANBA<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Arab country refuses to stun chickens with electric shocks prior to slitting their throats, but Brazilians argue that the method is in line with religious and sanitary requirements. A mission will go to Riyadh this weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1454,"featured_media":113618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[102],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-113622","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-agribusiness"},"wps_subtitle":"The Arab country refuses to stun chickens with electric shocks prior to slitting their throats, but Brazilians argue that the method is in line with religious and sanitary requirements. 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