Much activity expected in the Indonesian cold chain market through to 2026

The Indonesian cold chain market is expected to be valued at about IDR6,800 B by 2026, says research firm Ken Research.

According to the company, the cold chain market is highly fragmented and currently includes 100+ cold transportation and storage players. A significant increase in the number of companies is expected year-on-year due to consumer demand and technology advances, leading to significant industry fragmentation, Ken Research said.

SMIIC sets up committees for halal supply chain, conformity assessments

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.