Workshop On Halal Food Manufacturing
By Rosli Abidin Yahya

Bandar Seri Begawan - About 30 local entrepreneurs are expected to participate in a one-day workshop on halal food manufacturing to be held on April 9 at the Brunei Industrial Development Authority in Beribi.

The workshop, to be conducted by Malaysian company Retriva Solutions Sdn Bhd in cooperation with a local establishment, Sapco (B) Sdn Bhd, is designed to offer participants ways to explore huge business potentials in the halal food market.

Retriva Solutions will be hosted by Bumiputera Consortium Sdn Bhd (BCB), according to BCB Chairman Pg Shahminan Pg Hj Ismail, who is also the chairman of Sapco (B).

He said that the Malaysian delegation would arrive in the capital on April 8 and would return home on April 11.

Pg Shahminan said the workshop would expose local businessmen on ways to regulate the production of halal-certified food in the country to ensure that local products meet Islamic and international trade guidelines, which would guarantee their `credibility' in the world market.

"Our main concern is that the credibility of our (halal) products should be maintained," he said, explaining that Brunei would lose its chance to enter the huge halal food export market if another country were to find our halal products unsatisfactory.

He said Brunei's prominence in the Muslim world should provide confidence to potential Muslim consumers, especially in West Asia and China, in teens of the country's adherence to stringent halal food standards.

Those interested to take part in the workshop can telephone 2239162, 8606642, 8748416 or 8842149 for more details. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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