What is Halal Certification for meat and why will Egypt install an office if Bolivia has already been certifying since 2004?

The opening of the Egyptian market for Bolivian beef is one of the best pieces of news in recent months for Bolivian cattle producers. However, to export to Egypt, the authorities of that country announced that an office will be opened in Santa Cruz, which will certify the Halal Standard that governs for Islamic countries. However, there is already a Halal certifier for Bolivia, and it is located in Santa Cruz. It is a company dependent on the Bolivian Islamic Center (CIB) that carried out its first certification in the year 2004, at the request of the company Industrias Oleaginosas (IOL). It has even certified exports of grains such as chia and soy. Isa Amer, director of the CIB, explained that the Halal Standard has its origin in the Quran, the holy book of the Islamic religion, and forms part of the food ethics, that is, of the Sharia Law, which over time was adopted as a legal norm among Muslims and is applied to everything that is consumed in daily life, from cosmetics, ...