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UK: Positive response from government to slaughter petition

#UK: Positive response from government to non-stun slaughter #petition

The campaign to end non-stun slaughter and provide consumers with better information about the welfare of animals at slaughter has received a positive response from Ministers.

Responding to the British Veterinary Association (BVA) e-petition, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) stated that it would prefer to see all animals stunned before slaughter, but respects the…

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#British Veterinary Association (BVA)#Department for Environment #Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)#Non-Stunned #Ritual Slaughter #RSPCA #UK

UAE: SMIIC meetings to be hosted by ESMA and Dubai Industrial City

#UAE: #SMIIC meetings to be hosted by #ESMA and Dubai Industrial City

In accordance with His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-Chief executive and Prime Minister of your UAE and Ruler of Dubai perspective to transform Dubai into the Investment capital of Islamic Economy, Dubai and ESMA Industrial City are hosting the fourth & fifth events of SMIIC to discuss halal food, pharma and cosmetics concerns.

The UAE who chaired the Technical Committee…

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#Dubai Industrial City #ESMA #OIC-SMIIC standards #UAE

Spain to host first-ever conference on halal tourism in Europe

Europe is hosting the first-ever international conference on halal tourism to look at how the industry can capitalise on one of the fastest growing sectors in the world.

The Halal Tourism Conference, which is being held on 22 and 23 September 2014, will bring together the global travel industry to discuss ways of tapping into this niche market.

The event, which is being hosted in Andalucia,…

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#Muslim Tourists #Muslim Travel

Muslim Entrepreneur Follows a Kosher Model to Mainstream Success

#Muslim Entrepreneur Follows #Kosher Model to Mainstream Success

Adnan A. Durrani, left, and Jack Acree, founders of the Saffron Road line of halal frozen entrees, in a Whole Foods in 2010. Credit Craig Ruttle/Associated Press

During the early months of 2010, Adnan A. Durrani found himself frequently thinking of kosher hot dogs. To be more precise, he was thinking of an ad campaign for them created decades earlier by the Hebrew National company. Its well-known…

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#Adnan Durrani #American Halal #Saffron Road #US Halal #USA

Opinion: Competing halal standards leave food industry with indigestion

(Reuters) – The storm of bad publicity that hit confectioner Cadbury in Malaysia after its chocolates tested positive for traces of pork highlights the costly, religious minefield food companies must navigate as they rush to tap the surging $1 trillion global halal market.

One of the biggest headaches for corporations like Mondelez International, Nestle and Unilever PLC is the lack of a unified…

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#Malaysia #Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)#Standards and Metrology Institute for the Islamic Countries (SMIIC)#UAE

Opinion: Politics and Ritual Halal Slaughter

As part of the Islamic/halal economic undertaking, Malaysia or Dubai could be an ideal platform, via an international conference/summit, to take a deep dive into the charged issue of animal slaughter.

There is much confusion among the Muslims (too many certification bodies) and misunderstanding among non-Muslims (similar to Islamic finance), and it’s causing divisions and wild accusations of…

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#halal slaughter #Ritual Slaughter

UAE: Al Islami’s growth fueled by Global demand for halal food

UAE: Al Islami’s growth fueled by Global demand for #halal food

Firm on course to receiving new manufacturing facility which will triple manufacture of processed food at by 2015.

A Dubai based pioneer of halal processed food manufacturing Al Islami Foods noted an 8 Percent annual growth for 2013, motivated generally by demand from new market segments including Iraq, Libya and Yemen, in addition to non-conventional marketplaces including Russia and CIS…

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#Al Islami #Dubai #Saleh Lootah

UAE: Boost for Dubai’s Islamic industry

#UAE: Boost for #Dubai’s #Islamiceconomy industry

Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre okays multi-pronged initiatives to fast-track growth

Mohammed Abdullah Al Gargawi and other officials of the Dubai Islamic economy Development Centre board during their meeting. — Supplied photo

The board of the Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre, or DIEDC, held a meeting to review the initiatives of government departments towards achieving Dubai’s…

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#Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre #UAE

GCC-New Zealand FTA deal imminent

#FTA deal between #GCC & #NewZealand imminent

New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser indicated confidence concerning the signing of a extensive Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that will reduced trade barriers between Saudi Arabia along with other GCC states.

Groser said, “We’re producing a lot of improvement so far as the New Zealand-GCC totally Free Trade Agreement is involved, ” before he left the Saudi Kingdom on Tuesday, there are just a few…

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#Free Trade Agreement (FTA)#GCC #New Zealand #Saudi Arabia

Pig DNA in Cadbury Chocolates, Istihalah and the different views

Just recently, Malaysians have been astonished after the Health Ministry stated that two Cadbury chocolates have been found to have pig DNA.

Later tests by the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) has confirmed that there were no traces of pig DNA in chocolate products and thus were deemed halal.

We might have a tendency, as consumers, to have a sense of being cheated and become…

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#Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim)#DNA #Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin #Dr Yusuf Al-Qaradawi #Gelatine #Kazim Elias #Malaysia #Pig #Pig DNA in Cadbury Chocolate #Ustaz Daud

First World Halal Assembly by SMIIC-OIC accomplishes its objectives

H.E. Zahid Hamid, Federal Minister for Science & Technology addressing the inaugural session of OIC-SMIIC: World Halal Assembly, held in Islamabad on June 4, 2014. Also present in the picture (from L-R) Mr. Asad Sajjad, Senior Vice President, HAP; H.E. Hulusi Şentürk, Chairman SMIIC; Guest of Honor H.E. Ayatollah Hassan Alemi, Representative of Supreme Leader in Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture,…

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Malaysia wants Turkmenistan to be its halal hub in Central Asia

ASHGABAT (TURKMENISTAN): Malaysia plans to expand its halal food industry to Turkmenistan following the huge potential in the Central Asian nation.

Malaysia’s ambassador to Turkmenistan, Norman Muhamad said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak will bring up the matter during his meeting with the country’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

Najib makes a second two-day official visit to…

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#Halal Hub #Malaysia #Turkmenistan

Muslims in Canada cracking down on fake Halal foods

#Muslims in #Canada cracking down on #fakeHalal foods #HMA

Muslim community in Canada is concerned that the halal products available in the market may not be properly halal certified resulting in many to buying products that may be fake labelled without their knowledge.

Toronto – Canada’s Muslim community leaders hope to end fraud in Canada’s Halal food industry which has become an attractive target for fraud – due to its phenomenal growth in the past…

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#Canada #Halal Monitoring Authority #HMA #Labeling #Omar Subedar

Cadbury re-affirms its Malaysian chocolates are halal

“Only Jakim is authorised to give any statement regarding halal issues,” says minister for Islamic Affairs Jamil Khir Baharom.

PETALING JAYA: Cadbury Malaysia re-affirmed that all its chocolate products made and sold in Malaysia are halal following JAKIM confirmed it’s test on the two affected batches did not find any pig DNA on Monday the 2nd June 2014.

Managing Director, Mondelez Malaysia,…

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#Cadbury #Malaysia #Pig DNA in Cadbury Chocolate

Pakistan could serve as the worlds ‘Halal Kitchen’

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan could functions as the Halal kitchen of the world if the food industry and its associated sector is structured on modern lines as well as implementing the “Farm to Fork” approach and methodology.

This was the message conveyed by Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Technology and Science, Zahid Hamid at the inaugural session of World Halal Assembly, organised by the Standards and…

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#Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)#Pakistan Standards & Quality Control Authority (PSQCA)#The Standards and Meteorology Institute of Islamic Countries (SMIIC)#World Halal Assembly

Ramadan a time to Prepare, Rejoice, Repent and Change

#Ramadan a time to Prepare, Rejoice, Repent and Change

Ramadan will be upon us in the next several weeks – a glorious month characterised by sacrifice, self-control, will power and getting closer to our creator – Allah.

O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that ye may (learn) self-restraint,-” Qur’an, Surah Al Baqarah 2:183

“Ramadan is the (month) in which was sent down the Quran, as a guide to…

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#Charity #Fasting #Islam #Ramadan #Ramadan 2014

Opinion: Halal Hysteria - To Label Or Not To Label

Opinion: Halal Hysteria – To Label Or Not To Label

Only 17% of consumers would pay more to avoid halal

The halal meat industry has had a mammoth amount of media coverage in the last few weeks. Following The Sun’s front page article on the ‘Halal Secret of Pizza Express’ (7thMay 2014) a snow-ball effect has occurred and issues pertaining to whether halal slaughter is humane and whether all religiously slaughtered meat (as well as stunned and…

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#Halal Food Authority #Halal Food Foundation #HFA #HFF #Labelling #Mislabelling #Pre-Stunned #Stunning #UK

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