The Standards and Metrology Institute for the Islamic Countries (SMIIC) has announced two new committees.
The Committee on Standards for Conformity Assessment (SMIIC/CCA) has
been established to prepare guides/standards on criteria for bodies
involved in testing, calibration, certification, inspection,
accreditation, their operation and assessment, and other related
standards and especially halal conformity assessment and accreditation
guidelines or standards. The first meeting of SMIIC/CCA will be on 23 and 24 March 2016 in Istanbul, Turkey.
The Halal Supply Chain (TC10) committee has been established in the scope of the development of shari'ah compliant (halalan toyyiban)
standard on all handling practices along the supply chain activities, namely
handling in sourcing, transportating (i.e. road, rail, air and sea transport),
manufacturing, loading/unloading, warehousing/storage and retailing.