Int’l halal meat moot on Dec 14

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LAHORE: An international conference on promotion of "halal meat" will be held on December 14 to 15 in the city.

Delegates from 16 countries will participate in the conference aimed at introducing Pakistani halal products abroad, thereby boosting Pakistan exports.

Dr. Hamid Jalil, Chief Executive Officer of Pakistan Agriculture and Meat Company (PAMCO) while explaining objectives of the conference informed that it would be one of the unique conference which has been divided into two segments.

On first day, the researchers will present their papers and the second day allocated for field visits.

These visits include a state-of-the-art facility set-up by PAMCO costing $300 million with the cooperation of Iran, Halal Industrial Park at Faisalabad, National Institute of Food and Technology (NIFT), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad and a Halal Laboratory set-up at University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS), Lahore so that the delegation from different countries may see the actual research work.

Dr Hamid said the objective of PAMCO was to promote Halal Industry through developing Agriculture and Livestock sectors.

He informed that Pakistani products were respected all over the world for increasing demand of halal meat.

Zubair Mughal, the chief executive officer- Halal Research Council, added the conference would provide a great opportunity for Pakistani investors. (APP)