Makkah Halal Forum to kick off on Tuesday

 Makkah Halal Forum to kick off on Tuesday

Saudi Gazette reportMAKKAH — The Makkah Halal Forum, which will kick off on Tuesday, will explore promotion of halal industries by presenting global experiences. The three-day event will be held under the patronage of Minister of Commerce Dr. Majed Al-Qasabi at the Exhibition and Events Center of the Makkah Chamber of Commerce and Industry.Senior officials of the Saudi Food and Drug Authority, the Islamic Chamber for Halal Services Company, and the Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization, will attend the forum, which comes in line with the trends of Saudi Arabia related to halal industries, and its goals of supporting national economic growth and participating in its diversification.The forum will see a number of discussion sessions aimed at covering aspects of the halal industries, and enabling business owners to clarify the precise images of the halal products that fall under major sectors such as the Islamic finance sector, the halal food sector, the Islamic tourism sector, the pharmacy and pharmaceutical industries sector, the beauty sector, logistics and marketing services sector, technical sector and medical equipment sector.On Tuesday, the forum will witness four discussion sessions, the first of which includes “Successful models in the halal industry,” which sheds light on