{"id":269498,"date":"2020-03-16T07:00:56","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T10:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=269498"},"modified":"2020-03-18T18:29:11","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T21:29:11","slug":"new-storage-rule-for-halal-supplies-to-gulf-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/new-storage-rule-for-halal-supplies-to-gulf-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"New storage rule for halal supplies to Gulf countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Starting next May, Gulf countries will have a new requirement for exports of halal items, i.e. products fit for consumption by Muslims. The GCC Accreditation Center (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gac.org.sa\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GAC<\/a>) anbd the Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esma.gov.ae\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Esma<\/a>) will require Brazilian warehouses and cold storage chambers used for storing beef and poultry items after slaughter to comply under Category J.<\/p>\n<p>According to Chaiboun Darwiche, the CEO at certifier <a href=\"http:\/\/siilhalal.com.br\/br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Siil Halal<\/a>, the new rule is designed to ensure that halal products do not get stored next to non-halal ones. \u201cCompliance deadlines will be different for each warehouse. We\u2019ll need to make visits and check whether there are proper facilities for each item. Pork items, for instance, cannot be stored with halal items,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Nizar Ghandour, the International director at the Federation of Muslim Associations in Brazil (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fambras.org.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fambras<\/a>), another certifier, explains that companies that rely on storage facilities will need to get accreditation. \u201cAs a rule of thumb, this applies to the bigger-sized companies,\u201d explained Ghandour, since these enterprises often require third-party storage due to their bigger output.<\/p>\n<p>Up until last January, there were no certifiers in Brazil working under the new category. Thus, the industry put in a request for the new category to be made valid only as of May. In February, both Fambras and Siil Halal were audited by the GAC, which is partners with Esma, and therefore issues accreditation to certifiers on behalf of both organizations. According to the CEO of Siil Halal, the company is already accredited, although official notices are yet to be made available on the certifiers&#8217; websites. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdialhalal.com.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cdial Halal<\/a> got a provisional permit to certify warehouses and cold chambers, and is awaiting full accreditation.<\/p>\n<p>Darwiche believes that 20 to 30 warehouses will require halal certification to comply. \u201cWe have processes for two companies underway. Since this is still a new thing, companies must get ready,\u201d he said. He also pointed out that the new rule concerns especially beef and poultry, but any halal product shipped from Brazil must be stored separately.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum <\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-267044\">Press Release\/Abiec<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2316,"featured_media":267044,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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":[1869,14390,12364,14404,2149,14403,14401,10479,9549,10161,9550,9557,14405,14402],"class_list":{"0":"post-269498","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-agribusiness","8":"tag-beef","9":"tag-camaras-frias","10":"tag-carne-bovina-en","11":"tag-category-j","12":"tag-certification","13":"tag-cold-storage","14":"tag-esma","15":"tag-fambras-en","16":"tag-frango-en","17":"tag-gulf-en","18":"tag-halal-en","19":"tag-poultry-en","20":"tag-siil-halal-en","21":"tag-warehouse"},"wps_subtitle":"As of May, warehouses and cold storage chambers will require halal certification. 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