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Halal Research Council
In June 2024, Halal Research Council and VerdantWays Inc. joined hands to promote Halal Certificed Professional presence in more food and beverage industry businesses. Expand the food choices for Muslim community especially in the Western countries by ensuring wider presence of certified professionals will increase business activity by ensuring trust.
Halal Research Council and VerdantWays Inc. are progressing towards jointly developing some products to expand the certification for as yet uncovered businesses. We will announce the products as soon as they are mature so stay tuned.
Nadeem Ahmed Siddique
Zafar Hayat
Gustavo Pourraid
Umair Ahsan
Nadeem Ahmed Siddique
Qualifications: DVM
Position: General Manager
Institution : A&S Animal Health, Pakistan
Research Interests: Poultry Health Management; Broiler GP Management; Broiler Breeders Management; Commercial Broilers Management; Layers Breeders Management; Commercial Layers Management; Poultry Primary Processing; Hatcheries Management; Total Quality Assurance; New Vertically integrated Poultry projects set up
Bio: Over 30 years’ of experience driving strategic growth and products development for leading vertically integrated Poultry Companies in the Middle East and Pakistan. Highly competitive, passionate, persuasive and articulate, analytical, and able to achieve results others believed to be impossible. Experienced in Avian Grandparents, parents, commercial broilers & Poultry Processing and further processing Management, strategic planning, health Management, Technical services provision, ISO 22000, HACCP, SQF and strategic planning to provide vision and achieve goals to the Organization.
Position: General Manager
Institution : A&S Animal Health, Pakistan
Research Interests: Poultry Health Management; Broiler GP Management; Broiler Breeders Management; Commercial Broilers Management; Layers Breeders Management; Commercial Layers Management; Poultry Primary Processing; Hatcheries Management; Total Quality Assurance; New Vertically integrated Poultry projects set up
Bio: Over 30 years’ of experience driving strategic growth and products development for leading vertically integrated Poultry Companies in the Middle East and Pakistan. Highly competitive, passionate, persuasive and articulate, analytical, and able to achieve results others believed to be impossible. Experienced in Avian Grandparents, parents, commercial broilers & Poultry Processing and further processing Management, strategic planning, health Management, Technical services provision, ISO 22000, HACCP, SQF and strategic planning to provide vision and achieve goals to the Organization.Zafar Hayat
Position: Professor & Chairman
Institute: Department of Animal Sciences Principal, College of Agriculture University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan
Research Interests: Nutraceuticals as alternatives to antibiotics; Use of feed additives and latest technologies to improve quality of animal feeds; Upcycling of agro-industrial wastes, extraction and evaluation of bioactives and their utilization for sustainable animal production; Biofortification and value addition of animal derived food with omega-3 fatty acids and other nutrients and their impact on human health
Bio: Dr. Zafar Hayat is currently serving as Professor & Chairman, Department of Animal Sciences, as well as Principal of College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha. He graduated from University of Agriculture, Faisalabad in 1994 and did M.Sc. (Hons.) Animal Nutrition in 1996 from the same University. During his PhD at University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore, he got fellowship to conduct research at Oregon State University, USA. He published many research papers in reputed international journals by linking the poultry nutrition and bioactive compounds particularly omega-3 enrichment of eggs with human food chain. He has been recognized internationally for his research and visited UK, USA, Italy, Germany, Finland, Czech Republic, Hungary, China, Saudi Arabia and Singapore to conduct research, present papers and knowledge exchange. He had also served as a Professor & Chairman of the Department of Animal Sciences at Jhang campus of University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore. Currently, he is involved in several projects including the international collaborative research project with total worth of 2.8 million Canadian dollars funded by the International Development Research Center (IDRC), Canada as project leader.
Institute: Department of Animal Sciences Principal, College of Agriculture University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan
Research Interests: Nutraceuticals as alternatives to antibiotics; Use of feed additives and latest technologies to improve quality of animal feeds; Upcycling of agro-industrial wastes, extraction and evaluation of bioactives and their utilization for sustainable animal production; Biofortification and value addition of animal derived food with omega-3 fatty acids and other nutrients and their impact on human health
Bio: Dr. Zafar Hayat is currently serving as Professor & Chairman, Department of Animal Sciences, as well as Principal of College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha. He graduated from University of Agriculture, Faisalabad in 1994 and did M.Sc. (Hons.) Animal Nutrition in 1996 from the same University. During his PhD at University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore, he got fellowship to conduct research at Oregon State University, USA. He published many research papers in reputed international journals by linking the poultry nutrition and bioactive compounds particularly omega-3 enrichment of eggs with human food chain. He has been recognized internationally for his research and visited UK, USA, Italy, Germany, Finland, Czech Republic, Hungary, China, Saudi Arabia and Singapore to conduct research, present papers and knowledge exchange. He had also served as a Professor & Chairman of the Department of Animal Sciences at Jhang campus of University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore. Currently, he is involved in several projects including the international collaborative research project with total worth of 2.8 million Canadian dollars funded by the International Development Research Center (IDRC), Canada as project leader.Gustavo Pourraid
Position: Director
Institute: Agriconsult AS LLC, USA
Research Interests: Dairy consultant; Farm management
Umair Ahsan
Position: Assistant Professor
Institute: Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Turkey
Research Interests: Feed additive evaluation in poultry; Feed evaluation; Nutritional manipulation of breast myopathies in broiler chickens
Publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=yzA3A0EAAAAJ
Institute: Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Turkey
Research Interests: Feed additive evaluation in poultry; Feed evaluation; Nutritional manipulation of breast myopathies in broiler chickens
Publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=yzA3A0EAAAAJ
