Category: Meat & Poultry
UK: Traditional Halal launches a new Stun-Free certification mark and logo
Halal Food Authority (HFA) has taken the move to create a dedicated certification scheme and mark for their stun-free certified meat and poultry, namely Traditional Halal.
Opinion: Don’t make this about Islam or Halal, it’s just slaughter
Doesn’t reserving hysteria only for halal miss the point entirely in the context of the wider meat industry? It’s a distraction from the real issue: that we slaughter animals at all.
UK: Does Halal meat mean ‘animals are dying in pain’?
British Muslims are divided over whether pre-slaughter stunning is a legitimate practice. But the study concluded that it is increasingly being considered forbidden.
Brazil Challenges Indonesia’s Halal Certification Policy
Brazil has filed a complaint against Indonesia to the World Trade Organization, challenging Indonesia’s halal certification requirements for imported meat.
Swiss Halal regulations will not be strengthened
A Swiss parliamentary commission has ruled against a call for halal meat importers in Switzerland to be obliged to declare that the animal was slaughtered according to the Muslim rite.
GIES: Non OIC markets looking to boost exports of halal food
By Sarah Algethami, Gulf News The biggest suppliers of halal meat are from non OIC countries DUBAI: Food exporters from non Muslim majority countries are taking advantage of the growth in the global halal food market, according to an industry expert. Rafi-uddin Shikoh, chief executive and managing director at research firm DinarStandard, said that the […]
UK: The perception and acceptability of pre-slaughter and post-slaughter stunning for Halal production
This Report is based on the views of Islamic scholars and Halal consumers.
GIES: The Halal Food Market Is the Islamic Economy’s Largest Sector
The State of the Islamic Economy report revisits the Halal Food Indicator (HFI) to evaluate a country’s halal food ecosystem.
South Africa: SANHA confirms non-halal status of US poultry
Given the geographical location of the source of the chicken, it remains difficult to investigate and to ultimately determine the halal status of slaughtering processors.
UK: Traditional Halal – National Launch of labelled Stun Free certification
This certification scheme is categorically developed to label meat and poultry that is produced without the use of stunning of any kind with animal welfare and quality at the forefront.
In Morocco, Halal certification opens the door to new markets
ITC has collaborated closely with Morocco’s Ministry of Foreign Trade and IMANOR to support the country’s ambition to become an important player in global halal food production and trade.
Brazil eyes Malaysia as entry point for Asean trade
Brazil, Latin America’s largest market, could export the products to Malaysia to be processed and packaged before being exported to other Asean countries.
Dubai wants to integrate Halal market
The emirate of Dubai wants to be the world center of halal trade and is making an effort to globally unify the market’s procedures.
UK: Is your Qurbani really acceptable?
Over 2.5m Qurbani are performed every year by the Muslim community here in the UK, but the UK is unable assure the Muslim community of genuine Qurbani.
Officials deny NZ meat industry favours Muslim religion
Officials have poured cold water over a Kiwi farmer’s concerns that New Zealand’s meat industry only caters to the Muslim religion.
UK: Food Standards Agency will publish all non-stunned ritual slaughters
There are exemptions to pre-stunning for Shechita (Jewish) and halal (Muslim) slaughter methods but about 84 per cent of animals slaughtered by the halal method are pre-stunned.
Opinion: If we can’t ban halal meat, we should at least label it
The UK now carries out more halal slaughter than the rest of Europe. Most of us eat Halal meat unwittingly on a daily basis without being labelled as such.
Partake in a short global survey for SGIE Report 2016
Please take this short survey to add your views and valuable perspective on your Halal sector and see the results in the State of the Global Islamic Economy 2016 Report.
Philippines: Government wants to produce commercial organic chicken
The government is mulling the plan to start raising organic chicken on a commercial scale to take advantage of the markets like South Korea willing to buy our export products.
Chinese Halal meat business helps employ 10,000 families
One of China’s biggest producers of packaged halal meat products have relocated to Guangxi, bringing meat factory jobs to one of the country’s poorest regions.
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