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Doha:- The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has issued on its website a guide for importing halal food and Islamic bodies authorized to issue halal product and halal slaughtering certificates. The guide represents an important milestone in food control of this kind, and its importance lies in clarifying the requirements of halal and verifying the …
Extract Labs is a Boulder, Colorado company dedicated to designing quality, full-spectrum cannabis-derived products. It was launched in 2016 by Craig Henderson, an engineer who had designed extraction equipment and found that there was a need for quality hemp processors. Henderson, a veteran, had tried CBD tinctures as a solution to anxiety induced by the …
ISA Halal certification fits well with Beyond Meat’s domestic and international growth strategy. Halal consumers and vegetarians worldwide enjoy ISA Halal Certified Beyond Meat Burgers Beyond Meat, burgers offer Halal consumers 35-55% less saturated fat than animal-based products CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Islamic Services of America (ISA) today announced the Halal certification of the latest …
The international media is currently rife with news about the Israeli bombardment of Gaza with artillery, escalating the conflict that has already brought airstrikes, rocket attacks, Jewish-Arab intercommunal violence, deaths of innocent civilians, and, above all, misery for Palestinians. Both the Jews and Muslims seem to disagree on countless issues. However, there is at least …
Saudi Arabia is fast developing a halal regulatory framework to handle all its food imports. Companies that have plans to export their food products to the kingdom need to get a detailed understanding of the proposed halal regulatory framework. The government had plans to approve the new halal certification system by July 1, 2021. However, …
Islam is the third largest religion in the US after Christianity and Judaism. About 12 million Muslims are living in the country. They are one of the most racially diverse religious groups. To meet the increasingly diversified Halal dietary needs of these Muslims in the USA, Halal certification organizations such as Islamic Services of America …
Saudi Arabia has chosen Prime Certification and Inspection, a subsidiary of the United Arab Emirates-based Prime Group of Companies, the only Philippine-based halal-certification body authorized to give certification for food exports bound for the Kingdom Prime Certification and Inspection, a subsidiary of the United Arab Emirates-based Prime Group of Companies, has been recognized by the …
Indonesia is getting ready to introduce a stricter anti-bribery management system ISO 37001 to streamline halal processes. Its once all-powerful halal certifier LPPOM-MUI has been repeatedly criticized for its dubious practices for issuing halal certificates to food companies in the country. The situation may change after the anti-bribery management system for the halal processes is …
Malaysian Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is expected to meet food safety and religious officials in mid-March to discuss the fake halal meat scandal that has raised serious doubts about the government’s halal certification process. The scandal has also damaged Malaysia’s reputation as a major halal hub for the halal industry. The meeting, involving …
Under new rules, meat from India no longer needs to be certified halal – following Muslim rules – before it is exported. The recently changed requirement is expected to end the domination of India’s minority Muslim community on the meat business, as authorities bowed to a longstanding demand of right-wing fundamentalist Hindu outfits and some …
Malaysia is slowly coming out of the storm it faced due to the recent halal meat scandal. What are the loopholes the infamous meat cartel used to continue their fraudulent practices for such a long period of time? Can the Malaysian government take any punitive measures to stop these malpractices once for all? How can …
The Muslim world is in shock. Lately, we have been hearing a lot about scandals and fraudulent practices being used in the halal food sector in Malaysia and other countries. Can technology help us stop these malpractices in the halal food sector when it looks like halal food fraud is everywhere. This halal meat scandal …
