Over the past two years, plant-based food consumption has grown by 49% across the EU, reaching a total sales volume of €3.6 billion.
Talks on ASEAN Halal food trade framework
2025-05-15
Officials from the ASEAN Food and Beverage Alliance(AFBA)and the National Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Brunei Darussalam(NCCIBD)Met on MondayHALALFood management departmentto discuss the ASEAN Food Industry Mutual Recognition Framework.
During the meeting, officials from the ministry spoke about the ongoing mutual recognition arrangement between member states Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.
at the same time,EnglishandNCCIBDRepresentatives from the ASEAN countries shared the progress made in this area, emphasizing that norms have been established to form a framework of mutual recognition to promote the region.HALALTrade of products.
EnglishandNCCIBDOfficials also held a meeting with representatives from the Ministry of Health's Food Safety and Quality Control Department to discussEnglishWork on addressing trade barriers, particularly in the areas of nutrition labelling and product registration.
They all agreed that ASEAN has begun studying possible areas for harmonization procedures in relation to nutrition labelling.
In terms of product registration,FSQCOfficials noted that since Brunei imports a large amount of goods from other countries, it is necessary to implement proper controls on imported food.
They said that to facilitate the import process, product registration must be done entirely online and importers need flexibility in terms of document submission requirements.
NCCIBDVice PresidentMalcolm Lim，NCCIBDDeputy Secretary-GeneralHaji Abdul Halim bin Haji Saim，Brunei Malay Chamber of Commerce and Industry(DPPMB)Secretary-GeneralHaji Abdul Rahman bin Haji Sirat，Chinese Chamber of Commerce andEnglishRepresentatives attended both meetings.