Jammu-based Hindu group seeks ban on halal certification, says ‘limit it to willing populations, essential items only’

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A Hindu group, Jan Jagran Manch, on Saturday (October 3, 2026) held a street protest in Jammu against halal certification of products in J&K and sought a blanket ban on such labels like in Uttar Pradesh.

“Hindus neither need nor are interested in halal products. Our protest is to raise public awareness over how halal certification was an attack on the livelihood of Hindus and Sikhs. Like Uttar Pradesh, there should be a complete ban on halal certification except for export purposes,” said the leader of the Manch, while speaking to the press in Jammu.

He said the Manch was for halal certification to “be restricted only to willing populations or essential items”. It asked the government to take over the process of certification of all products and strictly regulate and monitor through the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India and not private institutions. “We are not sure where the money raised through halal certification goes,” the leader added.

The Manch claimed that halal certification was no longer limited to meat. “Cement, iron, hotels, tourism, and medicines are brought under halal certification. Private (Muslim) organizations are collecting crores of rupees annually in the name of certification and renewal fees, with no transparency regarding fund tracking or usage,” said the Manch leader.

Published – October 04, 2026 02:35 am IST

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Conditions for exports of certain halal meat, products come into effect

admin — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 06:23:45 +0000

Halal label is seen on a pack of food displayed to sell at a mini market.
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The government’s move to apply conditions for the export of certain halal meat and its products came into effect on Wednesday (October 16, 2024).

In a notification on October 1, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) said specified meat and meat products will be allowed to be exported as halal certified to 15 countries, only if such goods are produced or processed and/or packaged in a facility certified under the ‘India Conformity Assessment Scheme (I-CAS) – Halal’ of the Quality Council of India (QCI).

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The 15 countries are Bahrain, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Malaysia, Jordan, Oman, the Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Turkey, and the UAE.

After the shipments, the exporter will have to provide a valid certificate to the buyer in the importing country.

“Policy conditions for export of specified halal meat and meat products are notified,” the DGFT said.

In April 2023, to streamline the halal certification process for the export of meat and meat products from India, the detailed guidelines on halal certification for the export of meat and its products were notified by the directorate.

Earlier there was no mandatory halal certification system in India regulated by the government as India does not have a national regulation for the certification.

Halal certification is given by many private companies in India which marks the food or products permissible. The major halal-certifying organisations in India include Halal India Pvt Ltd and Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind Halal Trust.

The International Halal Accreditation Forum (IHAF) is an international network of accreditation bodies mandated to enforce halal standards in their economies.

Published – October 16, 2024 11:53 am IST

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Jammu-based Hindu group seeks ban on halal certification, says ‘limit it to willing populations, essential items only’

Conditions for exports of certain halal meat, products come into effect