Tag: UK Halal
UK: Couple manage to save their business by turning their Lancaster farm Halal
“A lot of people don’t realise that without the Muslim community farming would be dying out – more farmers need to open their eyes to this.
UK: How Halal meat became big business
Wilf Lewis, Lewis Pies said, “As a business, you set greyhounds off, and this is the one that’s running fastest,” he says. “We could get to the point during the next decade where halal is the majority of what we produce.”
UK: Halal food gets a modern day twist
More entrepreneurs are focusing on food for the Muslim community, with a number of American-style restaurants and dessert parlours opening up across the country.
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: 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: New owner for scandal-hit abattoir
An abattoir whose former owner collapsed into administration following allegations of animal cruelty has been acquired by a family-owned former rival.
UK: Muslim Arbitration Tribunal on Machine Slaughter
At the proposed arbitration hearing, the Tribunal will enable both parties to make representations in support of their case for or against machine slaughter.
UK: Glasgow food businesses to be inspected
Full traceability inspections are to be carried out at all halal butchers in Glasgow during 2016, following concerns over meat transparency.
UK: Distribution boss fined after running illegal meat processing plant
The site was raided by the Food Standards Agency, Bradford Council environmental health officers and Home Office Immigration Enforcement.
New publication raises bar for Halal slaughter experiments
A new scientific paper has been published using modern digital technology to increase engagement and transparency in the field of Halal slaughter.
UK: Halal operators plan conference boycott
“We pay a lot of money towards the levies and the resources are being spent on campaigns like Red Tractor which doesn’t recognise religious slaughter.”
UK: Growing CK Foods opens £5m plant in city
Family-owned CK Foods is introducing Halal poultry products into its business having previously specialised in Halal certified cheese.
UK: Liverpool KFC sells non-Halal meat as Halal
The only Halal outlet in Liverpool, after running out of the Halal meat served non-Halal meat as Halal to the customers.
Halal bakery and confectionery UK: products, trends and growth
More than a quarter of the world population is Muslim. Therefore, producers, including bakers and confectioners, should take Halal into consideration.
UK: Halal Baby food venture curries favour with leading retailers
‘for aisha’ started three years ago and has just agreed a deal with supermarket giant Asda. The venture is the first Halal baby food range in pouches in the UK.
UK: Halal franchise butcher’s opens new store
Tariq Halal sell a large selection of halal meat products, ranging from fresh, frozen, offal, marinated and chilled.
UK: Edwards denies Sainsbury’s anti-halal sticker campaign was racist
A man has admitted putting stickers on food in a Sainsbury’s supermarket in Greater Manchester saying “Beware halal is barbaric and funds terrorism.”
UK: Halal sheep demand offers UK farmers opportunities
Eblex export manager Jean-Pierre Garnier told the levy board’s halal seminar how Britain produced 43% of Europe’s lamb, so was ready to feed the expanding Muslim population.
UK: Lewis Pies lands contract to supply 70 Tesco stores with Halal products
Wilf Lewis, Managing Director of Lewis Pies, said the products are proving extremely popular with second and third generation Muslims who may have a taste for authentic British food.
UK: APPG on religious meat slaughter deemed ‘anti-Muslim’
Muslim representatives from the halal meat industry have hit out at today’s All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) debate, calling it ‘anti-Muslim’.
