Bahrain in talks with Indonesia to set up halal certification body following new Saudi import rules
JAKARTA – Bahrain is exploring a collaboration with Indonesia to establish a halal certification agency to help the Gulf Arab country's food exporters selling to Saudi Arabia.
The move follows Saudi’s new rule that food imports into the kingdom require halal certification as well as other product-relevant papers.
The Bahrain Chamber of Commerce (BCCI) held a meeting on Tuesday in Manama with officials from the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) to address Saudi’s new food import rules that require international accreditation certificates such as ISO 22000 and HACCP, in addition to halal certification, reported the state news agency.
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