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.
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?
While a USDA approval will change the reach of the father-son business, Imran insists upon his commitment to treat animals with respect.
The open day was held to allay concerns in the Muslim community that halal principles were being correctly carried out on the slaughter line and, in other groups, that best meat production practices are being carried out.
Ed Bedington, editor of MTJ, said: “The halal sector is a growing market, and there are increasing numbers of shops opening to cater for that trade. It’s very exciting to be able to include them as a new category into this competition and recognise some of the talent in that sector.”
A father-and-son business is on track to become Queens’ third federally approved slaughterhouse, once the $5 million Ozone Park facility is completed next month.
MUSCAT: With international supermarket chains cropping up in the country during the last five years, Omani families have become suspicious of meat being sold in local markets and are urging the government to enforce laws that require retailers to label their products as halal or non-halal.
The halal requirement should involve feed production process to ensure nutrition for animals was not harmful or contaminated, he said in his presentation on the Feed Act 2009 at the World Halal Research Summit 2010 here Friday.
A former telecommunications executive has created a new life for himself in rural America outside of Washington, D.C.. Mukit Hossain moved to a six-hectare farm in Spotsylvania, Virginia to raise goats. What prompted Hossain to become a goat farmer? Two young daughters and what he saw as an over emphasis on material life.
Halal chicken has been indentified as a strong growth market for UK and European poultrymeat producers. In the UK alone, 4% of the population is Muslim, yet they account for 12% of total meat consumption, according to halal consultancy Imarat. Other estimates suggest 40% of poultry marketed in the UK already carries “halal” on the label.
In a series of votes on food labelling this week, which also backed compulsory country-of-origin labelling on all meat, MEPs voted by 559 to 54 for compulsory labelling of the religious slaughter of meat without stunning. While kosher and halal meat is well labelled in specialist butchers and food outlets, the regulation would alert general consumers to supplies entering the mainstream food system.
The turkey farmer told BBC Asian Network he was reacting to requests from convenience stores he supplies to and said they wanted”really good turkey bacon”.
Businesses that prepare organic halal meat — meat prepared in keeping with the dietary practices of Islam — say Muslim Americans are following a nationwide trend of opting for chemical-free, natural food sources.
A food park which will be a first for Europe and create up to 300 jobs is planned for south Norfolk. Within a year, the European Halal Food Park will create about 100 jobs at Moor Farm, to the north west of Banham. It will build on a small-scale, 100 per cent Halal meat abattoir and cutting plant currently running called Simply Halal, where meat is slaughtered according to Islamic law.
