Japanese processed seafood firm Edoya Co. will produce halal salmon skin chips in Malaysia in collaboration with a local food producer, looking to cater to Muslims in Japan and Southeast Asia.
Edoya, based in Obihiro, Hokkaido, said Jabi Rice Sdn. Bhd. has agreed to make halal-certified chips, with production expected to start next year for export to Japan ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics and then for overseas markets, including Malaysia.
Using salmon skin imported from the Tokachi region, where Obihiro is located, Malaysian-made halal salmon skin chips are expected to be exported to Japan beginning in mid-2018, Edoya President Kazuo Shionoya said at an agreement signing ceremony last week in Kuala Lumpur.