Category: EU

Sweden: Christians support abolishing halal slaughter ban

Sweden is the only country in Europe banning kosher and halal slaughter.

Jul 25, 2010 | 0 comments View Post

Faith leaders accuse EU of discrimination over compulsory labelling of halal foods

Jewish and Muslim leaders have accused the European Union of “naked discrimination” by ordering the compulsory labelling of all kosher and halal meat.

Jul 21, 2010 | 0 comments View Post

EU: HalalTrip launches into 3 languages

halaltrip.com launched its French, German and Turkish edition. “From the beginning internationalization was our big goal and we are happy to launch the first translations within such a short period of time. We hopefully can continue this way and to launch our services in Arabic and other languages soon!” says Karim Saad, founder of halaltrip.com.

Jun 25, 2010 | 0 comments View Post

New EU rules require compulsory labelling of halal meat

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.

Jun 22, 2010 | 0 comments View Post
Halal food’s move to mainstream gathering pace

Halal food’s move to mainstream gathering pace

Capturing Key Trends in the Global Food and Drink Market
Ken Bracken, Meat Division, Bord Bia, Irish Food Board

A new trend is emerging in European countries which have large Islamic communities such as Britain and France; 2nd and 3rd generation Muslims are no longer looking for the food of their parents’ immigrant roots [...]

May 10, 2010 | 0 comments View Post

Denmark: BASF invests in its formulation site for food ingredients

State-of-the-art food ingredient production increases in [...]

Apr 17, 2010 | 0 comments View Post

Paris: Ooh la la! Halal food is the new big thing

These new consumers in Paris are behind a rapidly expanding and highly profitable market in halal food and drinks. With spending power worth an estimated €5.5 billion ($7.9 billion) a year, according to the pollster Solis, these under-40s are forcing international food suppliers and restaurants to cater for their demands.

Apr 12, 2010 | 0 comments View Post

Poland: Building bridges with cuisine

TOMASZ Miskiewicz was only 27 when he was appointed the mufti of Poland in 2004. But with a degree in syariah law from the University of Medina and his multiethnic ancestry, the young Tartar was well prepared to lead some 35,000 Muslims in Poland. He is in Kuala Lumpur this week to apply for recognition of Poland’s halal certification for its powdered milk and meat products so that his countrymen can begin exporting to Malaysia.

Apr 05, 2010 | 1 comment View Post

Brussels: Great Potential To Develop Halal Market In Europe

There is a great potential to further develop the halal markets and industries in European countries, says Malaysian Ambassador to the European Union, Datuk Hussein Haniff. “The halal industry in Europe is currently valued at about US$66 billion (US$1=RM3.22) and is expected to expand by 20 to 25 per cent in the next decade,” he said in his address at the 4th International Halal Food Conference 2010 held in Brussels, Belgium recently.

Apr 02, 2010 | 0 comments View Post

International Halal Conference in Brussels To Focus on Quality Assurance

Recent press reports claim that as much as 75% of poultry sold in the UK as halal is falsely labeled. In an effort to overcome this problem an international conference is being organized by the the Islamic Food Council of Europe (IFCE) on March 26, 2010 in Brussels, Belgium.

Mar 21, 2010 | 0 comments View Post

AHC-EUROPE: The European Association of Halal Certifiers

The European Association of Halal Certifiers (AHC-EUROPE) is an Islamic, independent, non-profit and non-governmental (NGO) institution with the aim to create cooperation and facilitate activities amongst its Member Organizations and to be the referential institution for Halal affairs in Europe to third parties.

Mar 15, 2010 | 0 comments View Post

Belgian companies eye Brunei business cooperation

“The Muslim population in Belgium numbers around one million (and) together with the Belgian population has a growing appetite for high-quality Halal products,” said Marc Deschamps, a specialist in Islamic finance and Halal developments, in an interview with the Bulletin.

Mar 04, 2010 | 0 comments View Post

France: 57% of Muslims Regularly Buy Halal

In religious matters, supply creates demand. 
Since they can easily buy ritually slaughtered meat, Muslims are eating
more every day.  Close to 60% routinely buy Muslim meat, according to a
new survey conducted by Ifop.  Another 15% said they do so ‘most of the
time’.  In total, three quarters of the sample, representative of
Muslims living in France, whether foreigners or French, say they eat
halal meat.

Jan 28, 2010 | 0 comments View Post

Baking Swiss Treats Amid Acid Debate

As incomes rise in the Islamic world and Muslims migrate increasingly
to Europe and the United States, Wangen’s halal production is part of a
thrust by Nestlé to carve a niche in the global market for halal
products, including coffee, baked goods, breakfast cereals and baby
food. Halal products now account for $5 billion of Nestlé’s global
sales. But while Switzerland benefits from factories like this one selling
its products to Muslim customers in many countries, it appears the Swiss
are adamantly opposed to the construction of more minarets like the one
down the street.

Jan 26, 2010 | 0 comments View Post

Eurabian Follies


By 2050, Europe will be unrecognizable. Instead of romantic cafes,
Paris’s Boulevard Saint-Germain will be lined with halal butcheries and
hookah bars; the street signs in Berlin will be written in Turkish.
School-children from Oslo to Naples will read Quranic verses in class,
and women will be veiled.

At least, that’s what the authors of the strange new genre of
“Eurabia” literature want you to believe. Not all books of this
alarmist Europe-is-dying category, which received its most
intellectually hefty treatment yet with the recent release of
Christopher Caldwell’s Reflections on the Revolution in Europe,
offer such dire and colorful predictions. But they all make the case
that low fertility rates among natives, massive immigration from Muslim
countries, and the fateful encounter between an assertive Islamic
culture and a self-effacing European one will lead to a Europe devoid
of all Western identity.

Jan 04, 2010 | 0 comments View Post
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