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A few short years ago, the author of this blog post met with a Russian businessman on the sidelines of the Mihas Trade Show in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. To my surprise, he discussed the possibility of exporting a lot of Russian halal products to Muslims around the world. Now, he and many other Russian companies …
TrustBIX signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) with Canadian-based Riz Global Foods Inc. (“Riz Global”) where the Company’s BIX platform will be used to provide traceability for halal lifestyle products marketed by Riz Global. Riz Global is creating a “Halal Commerce Gateway” to support demand for lifestyle products for halal consumers in Canada and the …
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 …
Today, we are saddened to share this documentary about corruption in the halal industry. The documentary was produced by an Australia-based Muslim YouTube channel called OnePath Network. Please watch it carefully and then decide what you, as a consumer should be doing to change the situation for the better.
Why should we consolidate the global halal food market? Why is the halal food market so fragmented currently? What are the challenges we are facing in the halal food supply chain? We, as Muslims are 1.8 billion strong population in the world. However, at least 40% of our halal food comes from those sources which …
With the new rules of excluding foreign audiences, the 30% to 40% Muslim spectators that we were targeting before are gone, says MD HALAL food manufacturers are forced to pull the plug on their deals to supply food and beverage (F&B) products at the Tokyo Olympics following the organizers’ decision to scale down the number …
World hunger is on the rise. We have not been on track to achieve the sustainable development goal for hunger. There is more than enough food produced in the world to feed everyone on the planet. The fact that substantial amounts of food are produced but not eaten by humans has substantial negative impacts: environmentally, …
Officials at Paris, Lyon, and Evry mosques believe the slaughter conditions, which are expected to come into effect in July, will make it impossible to meet the principles of halal poultry slaughter. Several Muslim leaders in France have criticized a recent move that is expected to have an impact on the slaughter of poultry in …
The UAE-based halal food giant plans to roll out a series of frozen flatbreads to cater to the UAE’s diverse consumers and their busy lifestyles UAE-based Al Islami Foods, one of the largest frozen food companies in the GCC, and the 2020 winner of a global iHalal award for Best Halal Food Brand has just …
The new domestic logistics service by Nippon Express is aimed at enhancing halal logistics services in Japan to cater to the growing needs of Muslim consumers in the country. Nippon Express, one of the largest logistics companies in Japan, has expanded its domestic halal logistics services in the country with the start of a new …
