Dubai: Al Islami Cart, a food franchise project of Al Isalmi Foods, a trend-setter in the halal food industry, today has secured a SGS Good Hygience Practices certification in recognition of implementing quality standards, best practices and procedures established at company's processing units.

SGS, the Geneva based world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. As the leader in providing specialized business solutions that improve quality, safety and productivity and reduce risk, SGS helps customers an increasingly regulated world.

Saleh Abdullah Lootah, Chief Executive Officer at Al Islami Foods commented: “The achievement of SGS Hygiene Safety Certification is the recognition of our commitment to establish best practices and international food safety standards to provide our consumers with highly nutrient and healthy products.”

At Al Islami Foods, quality systems and practices are evolved as part of company’s organizational DNA. Since the company pioneered its halal best practices, it took aggressive initiatives and raised its performance bar to bolster its commitment in delivering quality halal foods that consumers love and trust.

“To eliminate the risk of food contamination it is vital that the public is protected from unsafe food handling practices. Whether you are a food processor, restaurant, hotel or a catering company, the food safety compliance require adequate food hygiene standards are maintained, staff are adequately trained, managers know how to implement a hygiene monitoring system”, said Dr. S.A. Mansoor, Manager, Consumer Testing Services, Arabia Paninsula, SGS Gulf Ltd.

Achieving higher standards through the SGS certification is an example of how Al Islami implements stringent quality processes to ensure complete safe and halal controlled products from farm to fork.