Halal and Tayyib Products Conference will be held in Istanbul on 6 September 2014. Invitations to speakers who are very experienced in their fields have already been sent out and most of them have been accepted. Â The topics that will be discussed during the conference are as follows:
- Pre- and post-slaughter industrial practices of concern in Halal meat production
- The implications of emerging ingredients and processing practices to the Halalness of food, cosmetics and medicine.
- Effects of GMO and transgenic products on health. Can GMO products be Halal certified?
- Requirements for Halal Certification in Service Sectors: Tourism, Catering and Airlines
The accepted speakers are as follows:
- Dr. Hani Al-Mazeedi (Kuwait Scientific Research Institute)
- Waseem Qasmi (Halal Committee Jamiat Ulama e Maharashtra, India)
- Sheikh Abdurrahman Al-Iraqi (Head of European Delegate Office of the Halal International Shariah Board (HISB) of the Halal International Authority (HIA)
- Eng. Noaf Ahmed Al-Naqbi (Dubai Head of Certification Bodies Accreditation Section)
- Moulana MS Navlakhi (South African National Halaal Authority – Theological Director)
- Abir TOUMI SGHAIER (Tunis Industrial Standardization Institute, Certification Department)
- Shk. Mohamad Al Yakoubi (Halal Control Islamologist)
- Doç. Dr. İlker ALAT (Turkey)
- Mohammad Mazhar Hussaini, M.S., L.D. (American Halal Foundation President)
- Dr. Majeed ALHARIRI (Turkey)
- Moulana Yousuf Patel (South African National Halaal Authority – Theological Director)
- Mohamed Jinna (Halal India Executive Director)
