Category: Meat & Poultry

Australia: Camel Meat Exports Aim to Turn Pest into Profit

As populations and food needs grow across the Middle East, one Egyptian businessman has spotted a niche export opportunity for Australia: camel meat.

Apr 26, 2011 | 0 comments View Post

Plan to label ritually slaughtered meat angers religious groups

MEPs’ initiative to label meat from animals that have not been stunned before slaughter will be voted on in June.

Apr 24, 2011 | 0 comments View Post

UK: UAE Royal guests attend UK export meeting

As part of the visit, the Al Mualla ruling family of Umm Al Qaiwain and UAE trade representatives, discussed certification of meat in the UK to ensure that Halal principles on the slaughter line are compliant with UAE standards.

Apr 23, 2011 | 0 comments View Post

EU: Dutch consider banning religious animal slaughter

In the Netherlands, an unlikely alliance of an animal rights party and the xenophobic Freedom Party is spearheading support for the ban on kosher and halal slaughter methods that critics say inflict unacceptable suffering on animals.

Apr 09, 2011 | 0 comments View Post

UK: Farming Minister supports plans to label kosher meat

Slaughtering animals without pre-stunning is banned in the UK, but there is currently an exception for Jewish and Muslim methods of slaughter which require the animal to be alive and well when it is killed.

Apr 08, 2011 | 0 comments View Post

UAE: UAE Minister of Environment & Water meets with Dubai Chamber members in the meat trading sector

His Excellency told attendees there are a number of new meat markets that need to be explored in order to improve food security in the country. He said that the Ministry is currently in the process of accrediting halal certificates and coordinating health regulations from a number of new countries.

Apr 01, 2011 | 0 comments View Post

UK: Religious slaughter meat should be labelled?

Jim Paice, the food and farming minister, has told the Daily Telegraph that he would like to introduce a labelling system that allows consumers to see whether meat has been stunned or not before it has been slaughtered.

Apr 01, 2011 | 1 comment View Post

NZ: The world launch of the first Robot for automated sheep meat processing

Funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation (MSI) and nine industry members, with the support of two research organisations, the research consortium aims to enhance sheep processing productivity and quality through the use of automation.

Mar 29, 2011 | 0 comments View Post

Horn of Africa to double livestock exports to Saudi Arabia

Livestock traders in Somaliland welcomed the latest development in Saudi Arabia after the kingdom announced on Friday it will increase livestock imports from the Horn of Africa by two-fold by 2012.

Mar 28, 2011 | 0 comments View Post

UK: Eblex to woo UAE trade reps

Eblex’s Halal Steering Group will meet trade representatives of the United Arab Emirates in a bid to open up halal meat export markets to the Middle East.

Mar 26, 2011 | 0 comments View Post

USA: Hear about this new Halal Brand based on ethical consumerism at the World Halal Forum

Saffron Road, a pioneer in natural and organic food movement, is a praiseworthy brand for its pasture-raised and 100% vegetarian-fed livestock. Zahed Amanullah will be giving a case study on this exciting new brand to hit Wholefoods’ shelves.

Mar 25, 2011 | 0 comments View Post

Pakistan: Investment Seminar to be held by MIDA in Kuala Lumpur

The Board of Investment (BOI), in collaboration with the Malaysian Industrial Development Authority (MIDA), will be holding an investment seminar in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on March 31, according to BOI Chairman Saleem H Mandviwalla.

Mar 25, 2011 | 0 comments View Post

Malaysia: Price Of Chicken To Return To Normal By April

Agriculture and Agro- based Industry Minister Datuk Seri Noh Omar today gave the assurance that the price of chicken, which had gone up steeply to RM8.20 per kg, would return to normal by April.

Mar 22, 2011 | 0 comments View Post

Pakistan looking to Thailand to jointly explore Global Halal market

Pakistan is calling upon their government and business community to try to get benefit from Thailand’s prominent standing in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

Mar 10, 2011 | 0 comments View Post

EU: Bovines to receive digital ID

The European Commission is working on a proposal to introduce electronic identification in bovine animals, as the traceability of animals and animal products across Europe plays an important role in protecting both animal and consumer health.

Mar 09, 2011 | 0 comments View Post

USA: Al-Safa Chicken Products are no Longer ‘Zabihah’ or Hand Slaughtered

The company has recently changed to a new chicken supplier who does not exclusively employ the hand slaughter method at its facility and instead uses a mechanical slaughter process. They have now removed the “Zabihah” label from the Al-Safa package.

Mar 07, 2011 | 0 comments View Post

Dubai: Midamar Halal Air Chilled Chicken Crowned “Best New Halal Food” at Gulfood Awards

The Gulfood Awards are organised by The Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), in association with UK-based FoodBev Media, the awards attracted more than 150 entries from 23 countries in 16 different categories, and were judged by an international panel of experts.

Mar 04, 2011 | 0 comments View Post

Pakistan: ECC ratifies amendments in trade policy

Equity investment worth $1.5 crore has also been sanctioned for Holland-backed investment in Pakistan to be spent by Engro on export of Halal food items to Holland.

Mar 02, 2011 | 0 comments View Post
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