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Issue accreditation for a slaughterhouse outside the UAE

About the Service

Through this service, slaughterhouses outside UAE are approved for slaughtering animals and poultry after ensuring their applying with food safety systems and legislations based on the risk analysis approved by UAE. This includes meat shredding and storage facilities in order to allow the export of animal meat and poultry meat slaughtered to UAE (valid for one year starting from the issuing date)


Service Process


Required Documents

  1. 1. Certificate of registration / license of the slaughterhouse issued by the relevant veterinary and / or food control authorities in the country of origin
  2. 2. Valid Certificate of application of food safety management system & quality management system Internationally recognized issued by:
  3. a. The relevant authorities in the country of origin. or;
  4. b. A certification body having a legal office in the same country of origin of the slaughterhouse and approved
  5. by the relevant authorities in the country of origin to run their conformity assessments & certification activities. or;
  6. c. A certification body having a legal office in the same country of origin of the slaughterhouse & this office, in particular, is accredited by an
  7. accreditation body in the same country of origin that is internationally recognized & has a full membership in the
  8. International Accreditation Forum (IAF) & provided that the scope of accreditation covers FSMS & QMS that is/are specified in the certificate issued to the slaughterhouse. or;
  9. d. A certification body having a legal office in the same country of origin of the slaughterhouse & this office, in particular, is accredited by an accreditation body in UAE
  10. that is internationally recognized & has a full membership in the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) & provided that the scope of accreditation covers
  11. FSMS & QMS that is/are specified in the certificate issued to the slaughterhouse. or;
  12. e. A certification body having a legal office in the same country of origin of the slaughterhouse & this office, in particular, is accredited by an accreditation body that is
  13. internationally recognized & has a full membership in the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) with the following conditions:
  14. provided that the scope of accreditation covers FSMS & QMS that is/are specified in the certificate issued to the slaughterhouse
  15. ii. The certification body is listed in the IAF website
  16. 3. Valid certificate of accreditation for certification body in case of 2 (b), 2 (c) , 2 (d) or 2 (e)

Service completion duration

40 Days


Service channels

  • MOCCAE
  • Ministry of Climate change & Environment Website

Service Code

122-001-014-000


Sub Service Type

Slaughterhouse


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Service completion duration

40 Days

Service Code

122-001-014-000


For assistance, get in touch through

Call: 800 3050
Email: info@moccae.gov.ae

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