The government of India issued a clarification regarding the export of halal-certified meat and products. The products which are produced, processed, and packaged in facilities with certificates issued by the Quality Council of India will be allowed for export as “halal certified.” In order to export consignments to nations with halal regulations, the producer, supplier, and exporter must adhere to those regulations.

The process for exporting meat and meat products that are not halal certified, however, won’t change. To simplify the halal certification procedure for exporting meat and meat products, the directorate general of foreign trade (DGFT) shared draft guidelines on halal certification earlier this year.  For the i-CAS halaa(Indian Conformity Assessment Scheme), all currently operating halal certification bodies have been given six months to apply for NABCB (national accreditation board for certification bodies) accreditation.

The notification applies to products such as bovine animal meat, fish, and chilled meat; sheep and goat meat; and sausages. A program called the India Conformity Assessment Scheme (i-CAS) has been developed with the aim of streamlining the certification of meat and meat products as halal from the nation. Previously, there was no government-mandated halal certification system in India because the country does not have a national certification standard.