He Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP) highlighted the Halal certification achieved in Malaysia within the framework of the portfolio’s recent official mission in Southeast Asia and will seek to continue advancing in other Muslim markets that require this seal.
This Monday at a press conference, the Minister Fernando Mattosexplained the importance of exporting Halal meat again to this Asian country after the export trend was interrupted in 2010, as a result of the new religious rules that were imposed.
“The fact that we have Halal authorization in a country with high religious demands as is the case of Malaysia It enables us and gives us a very good credential to continue advancing in the empowerment of others. muslim marketswho profess the religion of Islam and who demand Halal as a fundamental requirement,” said Mattos.
In that sense, he recalled that the Uruguayan delegation also made progress to obtain certification from Indonesiaa country that he indicated as “of enormous proportion” due to its more than 275 million inhabitants and its demographic projection.
“In general terms, in a region of the Southeast Asian which makes up 650 million inhabitants, which is an enormous population, in all cases the authorities with whom we interviewed told us the need that they have for the food city and to have a diversification of supplies,” he continued.
“The scope for growth and incorporation of new markets is immense”
Likewise, Mattos stated that “the scope for growth and incorporation of new markets is immense,” referring not only to the beef and sheepbut also for the dairy products.
“In Indonesia we were with different ministries that deal with the issue of food security. Indonesia is in a government transition, and there they all told us the plan that the new president, who is the current Minister of Defense (Prabowo Subianto), wants to promote, which is a feeding system in the area of education,” he expressed.
Source: Ambito
