Category Archives: Meat & Poultry

Holland to ban export of Halal meat
17/02/2016

The Dutch government said it plans to limit ritual slaughter through new measures, including a ...

UK: Muslim Arbitration Tribunal on Machine Slaughter
17/02/2016

Due to the ongoing concern in the UK Muslim community regarding machine slaughter being accepted ...

EU: Muslims Sue Animal Welfare Minister Over Halal Slaughter Ban
16/02/2016

Several Muslim organisations are bringing legal proceedings against the Flemish Animal Welfare Minister, Ben Weyts. ...

Japan joins bandwagon to tap ‘halal’ food market
15/02/2016

Japanese firms are also starting to test the waters and exporting small quantities of halal ...

Australia: Beef exports to US and Japan slowdown in January
13/02/2016

Australian beef processors are getting strangled by tightening cattle supply, higher prices at home, and ...

Hungary: Gallicoop doubles production of halal meat
05/02/2016

Hungarian poultry processor Gallicoop Pulykafeldolgozó, based in Szarvas, southeastern Hungary, increased its output of halal ...

Canada: Atlantic Beef Products can now sell with assurance to Muslims
04/02/2016

The Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of Canada (IFNCC) has certified the Albany beef plant ...

Case Study: Challenges within UAE poultry sector
03/02/2016

The UAE poultry sector continues to grow modestly, despite facing serious challenges of which disease, ...

UK: Industry in disagreement over lack of animal slaughter policy
02/02/2016

“Vets and the public are united in their concern about animal welfare at slaughter,” said ...

UK: Glasgow food businesses to be inspected
27/01/2016

Full traceability inspections are to be carried out at all halal butchers in Glasgow during ...

UK: Defra’s interpretation on WATOK 1099/2009 for Kosher and Halal slaughtering.
26/01/2016

Some of the important points to note about the sheep’s natural behaviour and restraint, particularly ...

UK: A tonne of meat seized by food safety officers
25/01/2016

Glasgow City Council's environmental health teams have been investigating allegations that halal meat is being ...

Dubai: Largest halal beef farm to be built in Kazakhstan
22/01/2016

One of the main specifications of the new complex is that it will mainly focus ...

Saudi Arabia imposes ban on some French poultry, egg imports
19/01/2016

Saudi Arabia's Food and Drug Authority imposed a temporary ban on importing poultry and eggs ...

Saudi Arabia’s Salic buys $188m stake in Brazil’s Minerva
13/01/2016

Saudi Arabia’s Salic investment body has bought a 19.95% stake in Brazilian beef producer, Minerva, ...

The French government confirms the legality of ritual slaughter
12/01/2016

This response should reassure Jews and Muslims in France, which regularly concerned about the questioning ...

Latvia boosted by halal meat exports
08/01/2016

Last year they exported 420t of religiously slaughtered beef. 50t to Egypt, 100t Lebanon and ...

USA: Sentencing in Food Safety Cases Are Not Without Complications
05/01/2016

After every successful prosecution comes the sentencing. But in several criminal cases involving food safety, ...

UK: Distribution boss fined after running illegal meat processing plant
05/01/2016

The site was raided by the Food Standards Agency, Bradford Council environmental health officers and ...

UK: B Riley & Sons falls into administration, 131 jobs lost
24/12/2015

This is one of the largest abbattoirs in the North of England working within Halal ...