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. 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)
