The Brazilian food company is cleared to ship as many as 5,000 tons of product per month to the Arab country São Paulo – The world’s biggest poultry exporting company, BRF of Brazil got cleared by Oman to ship product from 14 of its plants BRF told ANBA that the Arab country revised its process: it used to give accreditation to entire countries whereas now it clears each plant individually and one of them is allowed to sell two types of product BRF will be allowed to ship as many as 5,000 tons of food products per month to Oman Its Sadia brand is one of the leading suppliers of protein to Oman and the premier supplier of 30-day-old chickens – domestically The green light came after a group of Omani religious and food safety delegates visited BRF facilities in Brazil in 2019 The newly accredited plants are located in Chapecó (SC) The Capinzal unit got cleared to sell chicken and processed items BRF retains 12% of the world’s poultry protein market “BRF has been active in Oman for over 30 years now and the export accreditation of our plants attests to the quality of our products and it further enhances our foothold in key markets to our growth strategy,” says Fadi Felfeli adding new international markets is one of the company’s primary long-term strategies The Gulf country has deposited its instrument of acceptance of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies which is aimed at curbing harmful subsidies that contribute to overfishing and promoting the sustainable management of global marine resources The Brazil-Arab News Agency (ANBA) is the news website of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce Its goal is to promote communication between Brazilians and Arabs The Brazilian food company reported that its unit in Toledo Paraná has been accredited by the Arab country’s government to ship breaded poultry items The audit was held through video conferencing São Paulo – Brazilian food company BRF’s unit in Toledo Paraná got accredited to export breaded poultry items to Oman BRF said the accreditation process included an unprecedented audit of the plant through video conferencing Each step of manufacturing was inspected for accordance with halal rules – which mean products are fit for consumption by Muslims The plant in Toledo already supplies value-added poultry items to other Arab countries “The accrediting by video conference of our Toledo plant attests to BRF’s leadership in this new modality of accreditation which came as a result of restrictions in connection with the pandemic it confirms the quality of our product and enhances our foothold in key markets to our growth strategy,” a press release quoted BRF Institutional Relations executive manager Luiz Tavares as saying BRF said it has other units cleared to ship product to Oman Santa Catarina; Lajeado and Serafina Corrêa Mato Grosso; and Carambeí and Francisco Beltrão Its goal is to promote communication between Brazilians and Arabs.