Australia: Government flags changes to halal certification
This will include an option for the government to be the sole signatory on halal certificates for export.
This will include an option for the government to be the sole signatory on halal certificates for export.
CHARITY status has been stripped from Adelaide’s oldest mosque and main halal certifier for failing to reveal financial dealings.
The Turnbull government will be asked to consider overhauling halal certification in Australia, including clearer labelling forhalal australia food sold in the domestic market.
Some of the country's largest meat processors want the Federal Government to urgently reform Australia's halal beef certification system.
A LEADING halal consultant has slammed “corrupt, unethical and improper” practices in the multi-million dollar halal food certification industry.
Halal certifiers in Australia have offered tens of thousands of dollars to Indonesia's top halal authority — the Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) to ensure greater access.
Food manufacturers selling on the domestic market would have the choice of obtaining halal certification from a religious body or being able to make a similar claim themselves.
Federal Liberal National Party Bruce Scott says that if Australia is to capitalise on jobs and exports in the rural sector, it needs to ensure its food is halal certified.