Category: Australia
Opinion: The perception problem of halal
If you do not address a provocative rumour, does it become a reality? Can an agenda-driven small vocal minority with social media savvy derail a trillion-dollar industry?
Australia: Lindt response to Halal certification of their chocolate
“We don’t refuse to halal certify our product, we just don’t do it. We just make chocolate for everyone.”
Australia: Business on the Halal battleground
One of a number of anti-halal lobbyists urges its followers to bombard specific businesses with complaints in the hope they will cancel their halal registration.
Malaysia: Brahim’s enter MoU with Australian company to set up abbattoir
Brahim’s Holdings Bhd plans to develop an abattoir, designed to meet all China, European Union and the US Halal requirements, in partnership with Carpenter Beef Pty Ltd (CB).
Australia: Food and drink manufacturers ‘have no plans’ to ditch halal certification
Peak body says boycott campaign directed at brands with halal certified products is ‘misinformation’.
Opinion: What’s the big fuss about Halal certification?
Increased trade with the Middle East and South East Asia means Halal certification is a booming business in Australia.
Australia: Byron Bay Cookies attacked over halal Anzacs
The company put a statement on its Facebook page this week, saying Halal certification was an essential requirement for its export sales.
Australia: Beef and Alcohol Are the Secret Ingredients in Juice
There is beef and alcohol in your orange juice. If you are drinking Heinz Australia’s Golden Circle juice, that is.
Australia: SWOT analysis exposes Asian opportunities for Australian exporters
The Australian Food and Grocery Council has published a series of reports that it hopes will deepen the manufactured food industry’s understanding of the opportunities.
Australia: Remedies for unauthorised use of a certification trade mark
The power to award additional damages under the Trade Marks Act is aimed not at compensation but deterrence.
Kangaroo meat ‘halal,’ Turkey’s Directorate General for Religious Affairs says
A fatwa stating that kangaroo meat and grasshoppers are “halal” food, but Islam bans eating “badgers, martens, weasels, beavers and sea otters.”
Australian beef “as Halal as it gets,” reporters discover
A group of food and lifestyle journalists from the Middle East region visited Australia late last year under an education program underwritten by Meat and Livestock Australia.
Indonesia: Aussie firms paying inflated price to have Halal certification
The Indonesian Council of Ulama (MUI), the top Islamic body which orders Fatwa religious rulings, is dictating how much Australian companies must pay to have their food certified as Halal.
Australia Gold Coast: Mayor orders more Muslim-friendly city
On his return from the Middle East, Cr Tate will meet with traders, restaurant owners, hotels and marketing bodies to look at how both tourism areas can better cater for high-yield Middle Eastern tourists.
Australia Hosts Muslim Fashion Exhibition
Combining fashion and modesty, an Australian exhibition will feature stylish Muslim women couture that applies to the needs of pious women needs, filling a void in the growing market of Islamic fashion.
Australia: Halal expert earns processing industry’s highest honour
As part of his long-standing responsibilities as an AMIC processor board member, Mr Hayes has taken a key role in representing Australia’s interests in the field of Halal certification, allowing Australian exports to access a growing number of Halal-dependent markets around the world.
Australia: Halal Show Bags Campaign Announced
The bags, which state “Halal certification schemes fund mosques, madrassas and jihad,” are designed to generate discussion amongst Australian consumers.
Australia: Aussie Muslims Denounce Anti-Halal Stickers
A new sticker campaign linking halal food to terrorism has angered Australian Muslims, accusing rightist groups of spreading baseless misconceptions about a peaceful Muslim community.
Australia: No stunning on Indonesian cattle
THE live export market suffers another blow, with a Queensland mission to Indonesia being told pre-slaughter cattle stunning won’t be allowed. There has been a marked shift against stunning by Indonesians.
Australia: Indonesia Tightens Halal Certification in Australia
Sources told ABC that the halal certifying bodies allowed by the Indonesian government charge 300 per cent more than other companies. With this, The Australian Meat Council has already promised that it will work on resolving this issue
