In April 2013, CEN decided to go ahead with the elaboration of a future European standard for Halal Foods and the CEN/Technical Committee 425 “Halal Food” was set up.

CEN is a major provider of European Standards and technical specifications and it is the only recognized European organization for the planning, drafting and adoption of European Standards.

The project kicked off in Istanbul on 23 and 24 september 2013.

On 3 and 4 februari 2014 the next meeting took place in Vienna, further refining the drafting process.

takes part in drafting this standard as head of the Belgian delegation. The project kicked off in Istanbul on 23 and 24 september 2013.