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Published on August 6, 2007

Agriculture and Coopera-tives Minister Thira Sutabutr said yesterday that the UAE's approval for 24 chicken slaughterhouses and 36 chicken processing factories in Thailand followed a recent visit by UAE municipal council officials to inspect food-production processes that are in accordance with Islamic law and run by the Islamic Committee Office of Thailand.

"The UAE also certified the quality of Thai cooked-chicken products to be exported to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, which includes Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE and the Sultanate of Oman," he said.

Arab countries permit the import of products from any country approved by any other GCC member country.