Dossier · Halal committee
ALHALAL is an independent halal certification and standardisation committee. We operate within Latvian and EU law, grounded in regulations, veterinary oversight and auditable records – not private interpretations.
EU 1099/2009 · LV PL §48
The committee holds a single halal standard for meat and processed products issued in Latvia and delivered to EU and neighbouring markets. We cover slaughter under the sharī'ah canon, processing, packaging, labelling and export – from the first contact with a supplier to the document set handed to the buyer.
We work in cooperation with the veterinary service, slaughterhouses and producers. Our certificate does not replace state oversight; it supplements it – on religious conformity of the process and the origin of the product. Committee decisions do not depend on the commercial interest of the establishment.
The list of what we do not do is short and without exceptions. Everything else is recorded.
17.09.2009 · Saeima · LV
20.10.2009 · MK Nr.310
Before 2009, religious slaughter in Latvia was outside the legal field. Parts of the Muslim and Jewish communities sourced meat through informal channels — outside veterinary records and outside the tax base. The committee was created to bring this process into legal territory: food for people, business for farmers and meat plants, oversight for the state.
In 2009 Aslan Aydamirov initiated and accompanied an amendment to the Latvian Animal Protection Law (Dzīvnieku aizsardzības likums). On 17 September 2009 the amendment was passed by the Saeima; on 20 October 2009 the Cabinet Regulation No. 310 was amended accordingly — slaughter under religious tradition gained a legal basis.
Immediately after the law was passed, the Committee for halal certification and standardisation was set up. A methodology for halal production was written under sharī'ah requirements and agreed with the Latvian Food and Veterinary Service (PVD).
Continuous certification and slaughter supervision in three national markets. Halal segment volumes per country are shown together with the source or estimate status.
The committee's home jurisdiction. From 17.09.2009 — amendment to the Animal Protection Law, from 20.10.2009 — amendment to Cabinet Regulation No. 310. Active certification of poultry, beef, mutton, fish and processed meat.
An early jurisdiction: the chairman of the committee was invited by the Lithuanian Ministry of Agriculture as chief consultant during the adoption of a similar provision on religious slaughter. Active certificates today cover beef and turkey.
The largest meat-export market in the EU. Roughly one third of meat exports are halal and kosher. Active certificates today cover beef, bovine offals and processed meat.
LV and LT figures are committee estimates derived from meat-export data; aggregated public statistics for the halal segment are not maintained in those countries.
2007 → 2026
The committee's operating legal entity is entered in the Latvian Enterprise Register (№ 40003917168). Address: Ūnijas iela 70 k-1 – 2, Rīga, LV-1084. Subsequent annual reports are filed in the Commercial Register.
Aslan Aydamirov initiates and accompanies the amendment to the Latvian Animal Protection Law. The amendment is passed by the Saeima on 17 September 2009; on 20 October 2009 Cabinet Regulation No. 310 is amended accordingly. Religious slaughter receives a legal basis.
Immediately after the law is passed, the Halal Standartizācijas Komiteja is established. A methodology — Par halal produkcijas ražošanu — is written under sharī'ah requirements and agreed with the Latvian Food and Veterinary Service (PVD). Operational certification in LV, LT and PL begins in parallel.
The Lithuanian Ministry of Agriculture invites Aslan Aydamirov as chief consultant during the adoption of a similar law on slaughter under religious tradition.
Aslan Aydamirov appears on LTV7 / Rus.LSM explaining the principles of halal slaughter in Latvia and the export pipeline. From that point on he is publicly recognised as chairman of the committee.
The committee's registry currently lists 12 active certificates in Latvia, Lithuania and Poland: beef, poultry, fish, canned meat and meat-processing ingredients. The chairman is designated as „Chief of committee / standardisation of marks „Halal““.
What we do
Every certificate must pass through these three pillars – with no shortcuts.
Assessment of production against the sharī'ah canon and halal admissibility; issuance of certificates with a public identifier.
Scheduled and unannounced inspector visits to abattoirs and production lines.
Documents tailored to buyers in Latvia, the Baltics and Northern Europe.
Four fixed pillars that no certificate bypasses. They cannot be waived by any agreement.
Every decision stays within current Latvian legislation and EU regulations. Religious norm does not override the state norm.
Each certificate carries a unique identifier, a public status and a link to a legal entity in the Commercial Register.
Inspectors have no commercial ties to the establishment. Any conflict of interest is logged and transferred to another inspector.
Conditions of keeping, transport and slaughter of the animal are observed in full. Shortcuts are not an option.
The committee operates through an operating legal entity in Latvia. Whatever you sign is reflected in the public Commercial Register.
Halal Latvia SIA
Latvia · 40003917168
Registered address · Ūnijas iela 70 k-1 - 2, Rīga, LV-1084, Latvia
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