Speaker Details
dr. Adel Sabir
Dr. Sabir holds a PhD in Bio Sciences (Biotechnology)
from University of Birmingham (UK), MSc in Agriculture
from California State University-Fresno (USA) and BSC
in Agriculture, University of Baghdad (Iraq). Dr Sabir
started his career working as a scientist in R&D for
the Scientific Research Council in Iraq until 1986,
when he moved to the UK to pursue his PhD studies. He
worked within Bio-Tech, Halal Industry, Food supplies
for Charities & Trade for 35 years. Dr Sabir is a
Halal Industry Scientist / Expert. His Professional /
Scientific areas of work include; Management, Global
Halal Supply Chain, Animal Slaughter, Food Technology,
Biotechnology and Halal standards, auditing and
certification. He manages the Adahi (Qurbani) supply
chain for a number of charities in Australia, UK,
Singapore, Qatar, Kuwait, Egypt and Turkey for
charitable distribution to the poor and needy
worldwide. He also project manages the canning of Hajj
meat (donated by the Islamic Development Bank Haddi
and Adahi projects, Saudi Arabia) for distribution in
poor countries. Dr Sabir advises the International
Islamic Fiqh Academy, IIFA, (Saudi Arabia) on Halal
industry issues such as Islamic Slaughter of Animals
using modern technology, Istihalah and Istihlak,
gelatine and the use of blood and its derivatives in
food and feed. As a scientist, he has accompanied an
eminent IIFA team of Muslim scholars during their
visit to Brazil to advise on the impact of modern
technology in slaughterhouses. He is a committee
member of the Halal Food Project at the British
Standard Institute (BSI) and a UK delegate to the
European Committee for Standardization (CEN/TC 425 -
Project Committee - Halal Food). Dr Sabir’s most
recent project aims to develop Halal standards and
systems that can advance the commercial development of
the Halal industry in China, The project also aims to
initiate China-Europe Halal Trade Platform. Dr Sabir
has been listed in the ISLAMICA 500 (ISLAMICA500.COM).