`Halal' label intensified

`Halal' label intensified

BANDUNG, West Java: The provincial branch of the Indonesian
Ulemas Council (MUI) has asked several countries to cooperate in
the labeling of halal ("good" for consumption in the Islamic
religious teaching) on their products.

So far, MUI has contacted the New Zealand Meat Management
organization, the Australian Federation of Islamic Community and
Japan, branch chairman KHR Totoh Abdul Fatah said.

The council will carefully study the validity of halal
labeling of imported products, he said, as reported by the Antara
news agency. (pan)