Category: UK
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.
Top French court overturns burkini ban
Binding decision is expected to set a legal precedent for all the 30 or so French resort municipalities that issued decrees banning the full-body bathing suits.
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.
UK: Mayor opens Halal butchers in Asda, High Wycombe
Recently rolled out to some of the other 614 Asda stores, ‘Haji Baba’ will offer customers different varieties of meat, handled and prepared using Halal butchery techniques.
UK: Changes to assurance standards impact halal poultry meat
It would appear that permissible killing methods used in an RSPCA approved abattoir may not comply with the requirements of Islamic law.
UK: Mondelez announces their products may contain porcine gelatine
Mondelez International is changing the way it sources the gelatine it uses in its candy products to secure flexibility of supply. Currently all products containing gelatine use bovine gelatine.
UK: High Wycombe Asda welcomes halal butcher counter
A halal butcher’s is to be installed into an Asda branch in High Wycombe as part of a £1.7 million investment.
UK: Sheep processing film puts consumers in the picture
A film illustrating methods of sheep slaughter has been produced by AHDB Beef & Lamb to address a misunderstandings and to dispel myths around the practice.
UK: TV show cooks up opportunities for Halal sector
A TV show highlighting opportunities for lamb and beef in the Halal market is due to hit the airwaves as part of AHDB Beef & Lamb’s commitment to support the sector.
UK: Arbitration on mechanical slaughter
The Muslim Arbitration Tribunal has confirmed that the arbitration hearing will take place 12pm on Saturday 16th July 2016.
Opinion: Dairy ethical label market can grow by $4.6bn says Euromonitor
There is a growing movement towards sustainability, social responsibility and transparency on labels, says global market research company Euromonitor International with Halal on the top of the list.
UK: AmazonFresh launch Haloodies Halal range
Amazon Prime users living within nearly 70 postcodes across East and Central London can now buy products from the Haloodies Halal range on Amazon.co.uk.
UK: HFA to launch new label and logo certifying non-stun meat
The Halal Food Authority (HFA) is set to certify non-stun meat in a move that could cause major ramifications for the halal HFA logofood industry.
UK: Importance of Consuming Religiously processed Meat
This entails consuming religious processed meat and chicken and to ensure one checks what they are buying by asking how they meat and chicken processed (stunned or non stunned).
BA Shares London’s Best Halal Restaurants for Travellers to break fast
British Airways hand-picks a list of Halal restaurants in London for travellers from Malaysia to visit during the fasting month.
Modesty Sells
Overall the spending power of the country’s Muslims is thought to be over £20 billion. Ramadan is now big business for Britain’s supermarkets; it is probably the third-biggest sales period for them after Christmas and Easter.
UK: HFA hosts 2nd Halal Industry Conference 2016
The Halal Food Authority team sought to create an informative and inspiring experience with the intention to create impetus growth and progression in Halal produce within the industry.
UK: Halal beef demand rising as number of younger Muslims grows
Dr. Phil Hadley of AHDB highlighted the opportunity that this young Muslim population created. “Anyone not focusing on the younger market is missing out.”
UK: ESO, Kingsley Capital invest in Janan Meat
Established in 1992, Janan is one of the UK’s fastest growing providers of halal meat and is in a strong financial situation backed by a history of profitable growth.
