On 8 April 2025, the Centre for Halal Quality Certification was visited by Dr Dario Lasić, Head of the Department for Food Safety and Quality at the Teaching Institute of Public Health “Dr. Andrija Štampar”. During a working meeting with the acting head of the Centre, Mr Muhamed Mandžić, discussions focused on opportunities for cooperation in the field of chemical and microbiological testing of food and items of general use in the context of halal requirements.

Today, the Centre for Halal Quality Certification was visited by Mr Ahmet Hamdi Şuşoğlu, Religious Affairs Counsellor at the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey. During the meeting, the acting head of the Centre, Mr Muhamed Mandžić, expressed his gratitude for the visit and the commemorative gift presented.

The Centre for Halal Quality Certification hereby informs consumers that the halal certificate issued to the company Pan Pek d.o.o., based on the previous contract, has ceased to be valid upon expiration of the contractual period.

Accordingly, as of 3 March 2025, products of the company Pan Pek d.o.o. no longer have a valid halal certificate, nor the right to use the halal quality mark.

We invite consumers to pay attention to product labeling when purchasing and to inform themselves through the Centre’s official communication channels.

Representatives of the company Pestrid d.o.o., led by director Mr Halil Salha, visited the Centre for Halal Quality Certification, where they were hosted by the acting head of the Centre, Mr Muhamed Mandžić.

A delegation of the Meshihat of the Islamic Community in Croatia, led by Mufti Academic Aziz ef. Hasanović, today visited the Chairman of the Management Board of Vindija d.d., Mr Nenad Klepač.

Mufti Hasanović expressed his gratitude for the warm reception and recalled the late Mr Dragutin Drk, the long-time owner of Vindija d.d., who led the company for more than 50 years and was a prominent business leader in the Republic of Croatia, with whom the Islamic Community had established a long-standing and successful cooperation.