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An investigation into undeclared pork found in halal lamb burgers supplied for school meals in Leicester has found no action will be taken against the manufacturer. In April last year Leicester City Council withdrew the foods supplied to 19 schools after test results showed up to 50% pork DNA in a sample. The council say …
Muslim Foodies: Halal la carte WHEN Shazia Saleem took a recent flight from London to Washington, DC, she requested a halal meal. On her outbound journey she was served a curry; coming back she got the same. “I’m grateful that the halal option is there,” laughs Ms Saleem, a businesswoman, “but it’s 2014–I think we’d …
Cadbury Is Halal Cadbury Malaysia has assured its Muslim consumers that all its chocolates are halal including Cadbury Dairy Milk Hazelnut 175g and Cadbury Dairy Milk Roast Almond 175g which were tested positive for porcine DNA last week. The result of the test created a fiasco, with a Muslim consumer group threatening to initiate a …
TORONTO – Canada: Muslim Community Cracking Down On Fake Halal Foods. Canada’s growing Halal food industry has made it an attractive target for fraud – something that leaders in Canada’s Muslim community hope to end. “Halal is really important to uphold a Muslim’s spirituality, the acceptance of our worship in the eyes of God is dependent on it, that we’re only consuming …
Halal And Haram One of the beauties of Islam is that it has prohibited only such things as are unnecessary and dispensable, while providing alternatives which are better and which give greater ease and comfort to human beings. This point has been explained by Ibn al-Qayyim. Allah has prohibited seeking omens by drawing lots but …
The Global Halal Market size of 1.8 billion Muslim population is $ 3.2 trillion: Muhammad Zubair Mughal (Istanbul) Opinion: International Trade Can Be Enhanced Through Halal Certification. The importance of Halal Certification is being well-known because of rising awareness with Halal in Muslim societies which is increasing the Halal Certified products and services rapidly and finally …
MPs have rejected a proposal to amend the Consumer Rights Bill to force all halal meat products to be clearly labelled. The motion was put forward by Conservative MP Phillip Davies in response to public debate on the subject, following a number of media reports on unlabelled halal meat in major supermarkets. However the Shipley …
Following media reports that major retailers are selling halal meat without consumers’ knowledge, there have been calls for compulsory labelling of halal food. However, the BVA said this will have no impact on animal welfare, and that it is whether the animal has been stunned before slaughter or not that should be on the label. …
Like a picture on an inflating balloon, the shortcomings within the Halal industry are getting bigger as the market expands. There is no doubt that it is expanding. The DinarStandard-Thomson Reuters Report on The State of the Global Islamic Economy 2013 valued the Halal Food and Beverage market at just under $1.1 trillion. The same …
The High Street restaurant chain says it serves only ritually-slaughtered chicken on its menu, provoking anger among campaigners Pizza Express is serving ritually-slaughtered halal chicken in every dish on its menu that uses the meat, it has emerged. But customers are only told that the chicken they are eating is killed in line with …
Australia: Halal Food Dishing Out Radical Change In Society HALAL food is now sold at a dozen McDonald’s restaurants and bacon is off the menu at some KFC outlets to accommodate the religious sensitivities of Australia’s growing Muslim population. The Muslim population has soared by 40 per cent to 476,291 in just five years – …
OTTAWA – After extensive industry consultation the Government of Canada has amended the Food and Drug Regulations to provide consumers with more information about how food labelled as halal are made. Government Of Canada Improves Labeling Of Halal Food Products Halal claims on food labels, packaging or advertising material must now include the name of …
