Establish Halal Market Access, New Zealand an Example

Khaldoun Shatnawi

doi:10.11648/j.ss.20170606.14

Abstract

New Zealand is from the largest exporter of lamb and beef in the world, and accounting for around 47% of the world’s trade in lamb. The New Zealand meat sector has always been a principal driver of the New Zealand economy system, generating approximately $7.5 billion annually in export earnings. The Halal meat grade is playing an increasing role in meat production and market in New Zealand and worldwide. Standardization halal meat production with government oversight is very important for development of meat export sector. This paper will highlight in the development of the standard and regulation in New Zealand halal meat industry. Methodologically, the paper will analyse the investment that formed through meat industry and New Zealand government to approach a modern legislations and rules to regulate the Halal meat production. The findings from this paper showed that, New Zealand has developed fundamental standards for Halal meat production and this drove New Zealand to be a key country to exports Halal certified meat.

Highlights

Halal products or food are fast gaining worldwide recognition as a new trade market for food safety and quality assurance
The standard describes the practical guidelines for the food industry for whole process preparation and handling of halal food, starting from the selection of raw materials until the distribution and marketing activities
The standard describes the practical guidelines for the food industry for whole process preparation and handling of halal food, starting from the selection of raw materials until the distribution and marketing activities [14]

Summary

Introduction

Halal products or food are fast gaining worldwide recognition as a new trade market for food safety and quality assurance. Products that are produced with Halal certification are readily acceptable by Muslim consumers as well as consumers from other religions. This acceptance is due to the wholesomeness concept of Halal, which covers the religion (Shariah) requirement, and the Halal system met the animal welfare, hygiene, sanitation and food safety aspects. New Zealand has developed regulatory standards for Halal meat production named as Halal Notice 2010 [2] and 2013 [3] These standards are administered by Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), which is the government regulatory agency that administers New Zealand’s food safety regulatory framework. In this paper will discuss the issues involved in the development of halal meat products in New Zealand and will review of the importance of halal concept across the animal stunning procedure, slaughtering process and preparation

Halal Market Overview

Electrical Stunning

Results and Discussion

Conclusion