With its increasingly prosperous food, hospitality, and manufacturing industries, Fujairah strongly emphasizes the fulfillment of Islamic dietary and production standards. The halal certification procedure results in the assurance that the products and the processes meet the requirements of UAE/S/GSO Halal standards and, therefore, could be granted to Muslim customers.
Food producers, slaughterhouses, restaurants, catering, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical firms in Fujairah can use the Halal certification to gain local, regional (GCC), and international Halal markets. The certification has steps of receiving applications through forms, review of documents, on-site visit, and verification by an authorized Halal Certification Body registered under the UAE Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT).
In the UAE Islamic community, Fujairah supports the Halal Certification with the local domestic legislation together with the international market needs.
The necessity of obtaining Halal Certification is increasing within Fujairah because of multiple reasons.
Any company doing business in the industry of food manufacturing at minimum requires mandatory Halal Certification or finds significant benefits from attaining it.
The Halal certification exists also for non-Muslim organizations and businesses that are owned by non-Muslims. A halal-conscious marketing audience receives advantages from halal certification for any commercial entity that serves them.
To obtain Halal Certification, companies must follow specific steps that verify full compliance with Islamic religious law.
Businesses that have obtained certification must maintain Halal compliance standards through four requirements:
Non-compliance leads to certificate revocation together with possible legal penalties and reduces brand reputation value.