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Labelling And Legislation Becoming Crucial Factors As Halal Meat Market Expands With the Muslim festival of Ramadan ending , Olivia Midgley looks at the issues surrounding a contentious but hugely important part of the meat trade. MUSLIMS may only represent 4.8 per cent of the UK population, but they consume about 20 per cent of …
Labelling And Legislation Becoming Crucial Factors As Halal Meat Market ExpandsRead More
The Daily Mail has claimed again that 70% of New Zealand lamb sold in the UK is halal. With just 4.8% of the country being Muslim, why is this the case? Following up on the Sun’s story yesterday about Pizza Express chicken being “secretly” halal (the detail is listed on the website and not on the menu), …
GEORGE TOWN: Penang plans to set up a centralised facility to slaughter chickens the halal way under hygienic and clean environment. State Islamic Religious Affairs, Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Committee chairman Datuk Abdul Malik Abul Kassim said the halal certified facility would ensure that the slaughtered chickens are cut, cleaned and packed in plastic …
A leading halal food producer is celebrating after landing a series of deals to give it a strong foothold across a number of European markets. Lancashire-based KQF, which produces the Khan Exotique range of Halal certified burgers, kebabs and sausages, has signed a deal with Le Clerc, a major hypermarket chain across France, and other …
A LOCAL Muslim leader has defended the use of halal food after a fast-food restaurant was criticised for dropping a popular item from its menu. A customer was angered when she tried to order four KFC “Quadwraps” — chicken and bacon in a tortilla — at the chain’s Centre Retail Park, Royton, branch – only …
One of the UK’s leading beef producers has announced a deal with a global genetics company to look into ways of developing more sustainable and higher-quality meat. The multi-year agreement between ABP and Genus aims to bring the kind of genetic advances seen in the pork and poultry sectors into the beef market, the companies …
Beef And Genetics Firms Join Forces For Better Quality Halal Meat.Read More
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 …
Pizza Express has been using only halal meat for years (See Article Two below). All those orangey chicken bits that top pizzas and fill calzones come from poultry that have been slaughtered in the Muslim ritual way. It turns out, for of the biggest supermarket chains also sell meat that has been slaughtered this …
UK: Pizza Express, Halal Chicken And The Anti-Muslim Prejudice That Stands ExposedRead More
Meat bosses have said any move to discourage iron intake among consumers would be “misguided”, after a study from the US claimed further evidence that red meat consumption increases the risk of coronary heart disease by 57%. The Indiana University School of Public Health – Bloomington claimed to have found a “strong association” between haem …
Meat Industry Advises Caution On Iron And Heart Disease LinkRead More
The announcement Tesco and Sainsbury’s are stepping up their Halal meat offerings with new branded fixtures in store reinforces the importance and potential of ethnic shoppers to both suppliers and retailers. Category and shopper management specialist Bridgethorne says suppliers need broader recognition of changing demographic circumstances, coupled with more detailed shopper insights, are needed to …
UK: Multiples’ Drive Into Halal Meat Market Shows Growing Importance Of Ethnic ShoppersRead More
Less than a year after it opened it first restaurant in South Africa, Burger King anticipates skyrocketing growth and said it is cutting import costs with plans to build a meat pattie factory in the Western Cape, iAfrica reports. But Burger King isn’t just thinking about selling more burgers in Southern Africa. The home of the Whopper plans to export halal patties from a state-of-the-art …
Burger King Plans To Export Halal Meat Patties From South AfricaRead More
Malaysia faces a daunting challenge to be the global halal hub due to lack of production and export activities of halal goods and services to overseas. Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Ir Hamim Samuri said while Malaysia exported a total of RM32 billion halal products last year, the amount, however, is relatively …
