The animal products in your medicine cabinet
28/2/12 thechart.blogs.cnn.com
By Ben Tinker
Most of us put a good deal of thought into the food we put in our bodies. But do we ever consider the food in our medicine?
Australia: Rapid Nutrition enter into equity based joint venture agreement with Indian pharmaceutical company
27/2/12 www.newsmaker.com.au
Australian natural healthcare company Rapid Nutrition has entered into a joint venture agreement with Indian pharmaceutical production company Cheminnova.
UAE: Convenient, but healthy too
21/2/12 www.thenational.ae
By Caline Malek
DUBAI // Shoppers around the world are shifting towards more convenient and healthier food, experts say.
France: Le Pen’s halal meat claims attacked
21/2/12 www.thelocal.fr
Photo credit: Rungis food market, by Myrabella
On a visit to Paris’ main meat market on Tuesday morning, President Sarkozy rejected the claims of far-right Front National leader Marine Le Pen that all meat consumed in the Ile-de-France region is halal, without consumers being aware.
UK – Riyadh Conference Endorses the Prophetic Method of Animal Slaughter
20/2/12 www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk
ANSA partcipated in the first ever historic International Conference on Halal Food in Riyadh which concluded on Tuesday with the Saudi government promising the delegates to tighten supervision and standards, and calling on non-Muslim countries exporting food to Islamic countries to strictly adhere to Islamic regulations with regard to ensuring products are Halal.
From Brazilian pastures to your plate
20/2/12 gulfnews.com
The $400-billion global halal food market is a cash cow that Brazilian meat producers cannot ignore and no effort is spared by the South American country to ensure compliance with strict religious and hygiene standards set by buyers of their products in the Islamic world.
UK: Welsh food producers seek Middle East markets
19/2/12 BBC News
Food and drink producers are looking to the Middle East as a growing market for Welsh produce.
France’s far-right returns to roots with halal claims
19/2/12 www.reuters.com
(Reuters) – French far-right leader Marine Le Pen switched her presidential campaign back to immigration Sunday, saying all meat in Paris was halal, as she tries to head off President Nicolas Sarkozy’s attempts to lure her supporters.
UK: Halal Butcher fined for ‘mutton dressed as goat’ scam
19/2/12 www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk
A Brixton butcher who tried to make mincemeat of his customers by selling them cheap mutton instead of pricey goat meat has received a roasting in court.
UAE: Australia’s Healthy Beef Option Arrives in Dubai
18/2/12 www.zawya.com
OBE Organic, the world’s largest and most established producer of healthy, great tasting organic beef, takes part in Gulfood 2012Dubai, February 18, 2012: Australian organic beef producer OBE Organic is in Dubai for the Gulfood 2012 exhibition and food industry trade event. It’s an important step in developing a quality distribution chain in the UAE for the world’s largest and most established producer of organic beef.
Rice products may be source of high arsenic levels: study
17/2/12
(Reuters) – Significant levels of arsenic may be found in some prepared food products listing organic brown rice syrup as a sweetener and main ingredient, including some cereal bars and infant formulas, according to findings from a study published on Thursday.
Halal cosmetics proves to be a market trend in the US
16/2/12
Following the first international conference in 2010 on the emerging global Halal cosmetics and toiletries sector, big players like Bare Minerals have started to introduce all natural ingredient products to their line.
Mars to open chocolate bar factory in Saudi Arabia
16/2/12 www.arabianbusiness.com
By Shane McGinley
Global chocolate giant Mars Incorporated is to invest $60m in a new manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia and an additional $150m over the next decade, it was reported on Wednesday.
Saudi Arabia: Need for halal standards for food additives underlined
15/2/12 arabnews.com
By MD Rasooldeen
RIYADH: Participants of the first international conference on halal food under way in Riyadh on Monday stressed the dire need for legal standards to determine the lawfulness food additives.
UK: ANSA re-iterates commitment to Prophetic Dhabihah, welcomes IHCA
13/2/12 ANSA press release
ANSA (Association of Non Stun Abattoirs) would like to welcome the formation of the Independent Halal Certification Authority (IHCA). ANSA understands that IHCA will be a professional body of Muslim Scholars with a national network of qualified and experienced Imams and Muftis with a specialism in Islamic Jurisprudence. ANSA feels that competition amongst certification bodies is a healthy development and so ANSA members are looking forward to working with IHCA.
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