UK: New butchers’ posters for halal market
23/5/12 www.meatinfo.co.uk
Eblex has developed new posters for butchers catering for the halal market in order to satisfy increased demand from the sector.
UK: Sweet success for Candy Makers
21/5/12 www.insidermedia.com
A sweet manufacturing company whose move to Leeds this year was supported by a loan from Leeds City Council is on course to achieve 800 per cent growth in turnover.
Indian brands get ‘halal’ stamp
21/5/12 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Farmasi cosmetics launced in Sri Lanka
21/5/12 www.lbt.lk
May 21, 2012 (LBT) – Yaseen’s Computerized Graphics, one of the largest suppliers of labels to the apparel industry has invested over Rs. 200 million to diversify to the cosmetic segment. Director Marketing, Yaseen’s, Hiran S. B. Wijesinghe said they diversified to the cosmetic market since they saw an opening for quality and affordable foreign products. “With the Sri Lankan living standards on the increase and people looking for better things in life, we found out after extensive market study that there is a high demand for high quality cosmetic products. “This is the reason we tied up with the Turkey Cosmetic manufacturer, Farmasi to launch their product range in Sri Lanka,” he said.
HMC Calls for the Defence of Halal and Religious Slaughter
20/5/12 HMC Press Release
UAE: Obese UAE children at risk of early heart disease -Study
20/5/12
By Manal Ismail
‘Write book on halal medicine’
20/5/12 www.nst.com.my
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia and other Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation member countries should work together to produce a halal pharmacopoeia, a book describing drugs, chemicals and medicinal preparations, for Muslims, according to a pharmaceutical lecturer.
Globalized Eco-Islam – A Survey of Global Islamic Environmentalism
18/5/12 khaleafa.com
by Muaznazir
Does Islamic Environmentalism exist? That is a question posed by researchers at Leiden University in a paper entitled Globalized Eco-Islam – A Survey of Global Islamic Environmentalism. The survey published earlier this year seeks to answer who is speaking out for Islam about environmental issues (the actors) and what ideas, theories, perspectives and views are proposed (the discourses)?
UK beef producers eye new market in UAE
18/5/12 www.arabianbusiness.com
By Andy Sambidge
Quality Meat Scotland has welcomed news that a health certificate for exports of deboned, fresh beef has been obtained by the UK for the UAE.
Malaysia Shows Interest in Developing Tunisia’s Halal Industry
18/5/12 www.tunisia-live.net
By Eamon Granahan
On Tuesday, the Malaysian Second Minister of Finance Ahmad Husni Mohamed Hanadzlah met with Riadh Bettaib, Tunisia’s Minister of Investment and International Cooperation, to discuss the prospective collaboration between Malaysia and Tunisia in Halal industries.
USA: Samosas With Uninspected Halal Beef Recalled
17/5/12 www.foodsafetynews.com
UK: FSA launches toolkit for safe food during Olympics
17/5/12 www.food.gov.uk
London 2012: we have the tools
The Food Standards Agency has published a toolkit and newsletter for stakeholders to support their participation in the Agency’s Play it Safe campaign. This campaign is helping to ensure that food bought, cooked and eaten during the 2012 Olympics is safe.
EU urged to end “excessive” ritual slaughter
17/5/12 www.europolitics.info
Behalal comments: It was a matter of time when this (“excessive”) raised it’s head as another attempt to control the production of halal and kosher meat from religious slaughter methods. The over production is from pre-stunning methods which produce much higher yields. Assumptions have been drawn that halal means religious when this is not the case in practise.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) who conducted a survey into animal welfare in slaughterhouses in September said its own figures showed most animals were stunned before being killed. A spokesman said: “The results indicate that the number of animals not stunned prior to slaughter is relatively low, accounting for 3% of cattle, 10% of sheep and goats, and 4% of poultry.
“They also show that the majority of animals destined for the halal trade in both the red and white meat sectors are stunned before slaughter.”
The FSA said full details of the survey would be published ahead of a discussion at a board meeting on 22 May and these figures dispel the myth of over production of religious slaughtered meat.
Opinion: Eating Meat is Ethical
16/5/12
The New York Times recently announced an essay contest, asking readers to sum-up why eating meat is ethical in 600 words or less. A panel of vegetarian and vegan judges then selected the top six entries.
Halal hysteria: Mehdi Hasan
16/5/12 www.newstatesman.com
The British “debate” about meat, animal cruelty and ritual slaughter has become a proxy for deep fears about Muslims in our midst
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