Organised by the EU-GCC Trade and Business Cooperation Facility, this roundtable gave an overview of the requirements of accreditation of Halal Certifying Bodies onder the new UAE approval scheme.

Updating its current approval scheme, a lot of new requirements have been introduced, which were detailed by Mr. A. Al Maeeni Director General, Emirates Authority for Standardisation and Meteorology, that supervises the new scheme. No doubt this will have a significant impact on Halal Certifying Bodies to be approved and the scope for which they are approved for.

attended this roundtable, keeping it up-to-date with the evolutions in this region.