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The Pedas MIEL Industrial Park has been selected to spearhead the development of a Halal Foods Centre by the State Government of Negeri Sembilan. The site will be equipped with factories, cold rooms, packaging centers, warehouses, and a one-stop services centre. The Government departments such as the Islamic Development Department of Malaysia (Jakim) and Negeri Sembilan Islamic Council will be based at the centre to provide advise to traders and entrepreneurs in ensuring that productions from the park is truly Halal. An additional 40ha of land in Nilai Industrial has been reserved for Halal Foods Centre expansion if the land set aside for the park is insufficient. The proposed hi-tech Halal food-based industrial zones will comprise of an integrated Halal meat processing centre and an integrated fishery port, fish processing and auction centre in Perak, and an integrated food processing centre in Selangor. The centre aims to export 98% of the total output with Asia as the initial target market with its population of 3.7 billion people. The projects will adhere to the stringent Halal concept, the Food and Agriculture Organization and World Trade Organization guidelines. Malaysia was chosen by the joint-venture mega Halal food-based project between a Europe-based consortium and a group of Malaysian enterprises because of its globally recognized Halal Certification System.