New regulations voted by the European Parliament could mean that animal slaughtered in compliance with either Islamic or Jewish regulations would receive distinct labelling from animals not killed through religious slaughter.
According to Abbas Bendali, president of the market research firm Solis, the country’s halal market has ‘exploded’ in the last three years.
The Islamic Development Department (Jakim) will introduce 104 new posts, including food technologists, biotechnologists, chemists and reference specialists to facilitate the issuance of halal certificate and logo.
The growth of Halal products in France is expected to reach 10 percent per year until 2012.
World Halal Council will set a halal label standard, referring to Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore.
Sweden is the only country in Europe banning kosher and halal slaughter.
The future growth of the halal food industry, estimated to be worth $500-billion, rests primarily on one simple question: During the industrial-slaughtering process, does the chicken die from the electric shock prior to the cut to its neck or not?
American Halal have signed an agreement for Halalfire to provide marketing data, research, and promotion for American Halal’s new line of ready-to-eat meals, expected to launch in major American retail chains throughout North America by late 2010.
Halal meat has become a common part of life in the UK, but now a company has launched a range of halal make-up, which is free from alcohol and animal products.
Taiwanese authorities are looking at the possibility of making the country’s food products acceptable in the halal market.
Muslims previously used a vaccine produced by GlaxoSmithKline, which the MUI said contained traces of pig products and had been declared haram, for pre-hajj vaccinations.
Jewish and Muslim leaders have accused the European Union of “naked discrimination” by ordering the compulsory labelling of all kosher and halal meat.
Islamic Services of America, headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa since 1975, is the oldest and most globally recognized Halal services provider in North America.
A professor revealed today that there are powdered milks found to be mixed with fats obtained from cattle not slaughtered according to the shariah thereby compromising their Halal status.
In the past 4 years, Datamonitor Group has noted that the number of global halal product launches has
increased by 150 percent from 2005 to 2009.
