{"id":295395,"date":"2021-07-02T13:37:28","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T16:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=295395"},"modified":"2021-07-05T19:05:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T22:05:23","slug":"halal-ensures-food-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/halal-ensures-food-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Halal ensures food safety"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Halal certification is a way to ensure food safety, according to Ali Zoghbi (pictured above<\/em>), vice president of the Federation of Muslim Associations of Brazil (FAMBRAS). He lectured this Thursday, July 1, during the course \u2018The Islamic World \u2013 Opportunities and challenges for Brazilian agribusiness in a post-pandemic scenario.\u2019 This was the third module of the program and addressed the theme \u2018Islamic World \u2013 Halal Products: Concept, Reliability, and Certification.\u2019<\/p>\n

The halal certificate attests that the product is suitable for consumption by Muslims. \u201cHalal has become a way of life, of consumption with food safety. At a time when we are facing a pandemic that a type of food consumption may have caused, we see that halal takes this care with all the procedures,\u201d explained Zoghbi.<\/p>\n

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Fernanda Baltazar moderated the event<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For the vice president of FAMBRAS, the fact that certification includes criteria assessing the entire production chain makes food safer. Zoghbi recalled that the certificate could validate, in the case of meat, from the slaughter to the storage, transport, distribution, and arrival of the product in supermarkets and dishes in the case of restaurants.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe safety that halal guarantees in the food sector is essential when we talk about religion,\u201d agreed Fernanda Baltazar, Institutional Relations manager of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong> (ABCC), who moderated the event.<\/p>\n

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Alves recalled the partnership between Brazil and the Arab countries in the poultry sector<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To talk about the poultry sector, the organization of the course invited the technical director of the Brazilian Association of Animal Protein (ABPA), Sulivan Pereira Alves. The executive emphasized the extent of Brazilian sales. \u201cWe export [meat, ] chicks and eggs as well. We foster industries in these [Arab] regions. Brazil has a stance of contribution to food safety. It is one of the most organized industries, with conditions for traceability,\u201d highlighted Alves.<\/p>\n