‘Halal products not just for Muslims, they are favourites for many people worldwide’

November 26th, 2022

Awake Goy

Mahmut Sami Sahin, President of the Turkish Standards Institute during the 8th World Halal Summit and 9th Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Halal Expo at Istanbul Fair Center in Istanbul, Turkiye on November 24, 2022 [Isa Terli/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images]

Thanks to its unparalleled standards in such areas as cleanliness and health, halal products are the favourites of people all over the world, not just Muslims, said a top official of the Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries (SMIIC), Anadolu News Agency reports. International interest in halal products grows greater each day, Mahmut Sami Sahin, SMIIC Vice President and also Head of the Turkish Standards Institution (TSE), told Anadolu Agency during the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's (OIC) Halal Expo and World Halal Summit, hosted in the Turkish metropolis, Istanbul. Halal refers to products and services that conform to Islamic guidelines, but Sahin argued the term should no longer be considered as purely religious, as actually it is an area […] Source