Wednesday, April 13, 2011

P24-M state-owned halal facility opens in Cotabato

source: mb.com.ph


COTABATO CITY, Philippines – While a state-owned halal laboratory was established here, another bigger facility commenced construction in the South Central Mindanao to boost efforts for the country to penetrate the estimated $3 trillion global halal market.

Zenaida Laidan, Region 12 office of the Department of Science and Technology (DoST-12) director, said the new halal clearinghouse facility worth some P24 million recently opened here to cater to the needs of small, medium, and large enterprises.

Construction of civil works for a bigger halal laboratory has commenced and is now about 30 percent complete,” Laidan said.

The P75 million worth of facility being built in this city, the capital of South Cotabato, will be known as the Philippine National Halal Laboratory, she said.

Halal refers to food or non-food products permissible under the Islamic faith.

Its opposite is haram, which means forbidden.

The newly launched halal laboratory facility at the DoST-12 compound here has a range of services spanning the entire supply chain of halal food and selected non-food products, a project briefer said.

The facility uses an advanced technology and state-of-the art equipment, and it is the only existing halal laboratory in the country devoted to serving local and international clients, Laidan said.

It can profile fatty acids of animals and plants; DNA analysis of foods and other processed products; gelatin content analysis of milk and other dairy products; testing of genetically modified organism; alcohol content analysis of beverages and related products; qualitative detection of haram in meat products; and detection of lard in bakery products and edible oils, among others.

source: mb.com.ph

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