A representative office of the Halal Competence Center at Roskachestvo will open in Tatarstan

“The goals of the concluded agreement are to develop the halal ecosystem, improve management processes, production, implementation of quality management systems for halal products and services, as well as mutual work in the field of standardization, certification, preparation and sale of educational products, monitoring, promotion and popularization of the halal sphere in the Russian Federation. Federation and at the international level,” says Roskachestvo in a statement following the signing.

We also agreed on the entry of the Chairman of the Muslim Spiritual Board of Tatarstan, Mufti Kamil Hazrat Samigullin, into the Supervisory Board of the Halal Competence Center.

“The opening on the basis of the Committee of a territorial representative office accredited both in our country and in many other countries of the certification body Roskachestvo - Halal will not only in the future make Tatarstan a leader in the number of certificates included in the Rosaccreditation database, but will also allow the formation of a national network of certification offices, will make the created national halal infrastructure even more authoritative among Russian and, of course, international consumers of halal goods and services,” Maxim Protasov, head of Roskachestvo, is quoted in the message. In addition, Roskachestvo and the Muslim Spiritual Directorate of Tatarstan will exchange information, hold exhibitions, forums and seminars, etc.

At the end of 2023, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Tatarstan, the export of halal products from the republic amounted to about $11 million. “The halal industry market of Tatarstan consists of more than 100 production facilities, of which about two dozen are export-oriented,” the message quotes as saying Samigullina.

The Halal Competence Center under Roskachestvo was created in December 2022 on behalf of the Russian government. Its goal is to promote national standardization, certification in the field of halal, as well as conduct educational events for specialists in various industries and consumer education activities.