New certification body in Mexico hopeful for start of halal meat exports to Indonesia
In 2002, Fitra Ismu Kusumo flew from Indonesia to Mexico to study anthropology, at the same time starting an organization to promote Indonesian shadow puppetry and gamelan. Twenty years later today, the cultural activist finds himself in a position to boost the halal meat trade between the two countries he calls home.
Kusumo opened Halal Quality Mexico S.A. de CV in July 2019 after working at the Indonesian embassy for over nine years and gaining valuable industry-relevant experience: he joined Organización Mexicana de Certificación Ganadera y Alimentaria A.C. (OMECEGA) and opened an office for UAE-based Regulatory Affairs Conformity Services (RACS).
“We’ve applied for recognition with the Southeast Asian authorities in-charge of halal affairs first because Indonesia (BPJPH), Malaysia (JAKIM), and Singapore (MUIS) require a locally registered certification body,” Kusumo told Salaam Gateway. “These authorizations are a lot cheaper than the GCC ones, too.”
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