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.
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How Safe is Our Food?
8/5/12 www.anh-usa.org
More and more countries are banning imports of American food products for safety reasons.
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.
UK: Food labelling consultation launched
16/5/12 www.dh.gov.uk
Choosing healthier foods could be made easier thanks to a UK-wide consultation on front-of-pack labelling launched 14th May 2012.
Opinion: Stunning animals before slaughter is painful, is cruel, and also tortures animals
10/5/12
By Dr Majid Katme, Islamic Medical Association UK
The Islamic Medical Association and British Muslims were shocked on 5th May 2012 to see an erroneous, misguided statement written by Professor Bill Reilly (a consultant in veterinary public health) regarding the religious slaughter of animals used by Muslims and Jews, where he accused Halal slaughter of being cruel to animals when not using secular stunning methods before slaughter!
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UK – The Halal Slaughter Controversy
8/5/12 meatinfo.co.uk
Islamic Halal slaughter has increasingly come under attack from animal rights again activists telling tales of barbaric blood-thirsty ritual slaughter. There are two distinct issues: there is the vegetarian agenda which wants to ban all consumption of animal products, and there is the animal rights lobby which argues for a humane method of slaughter.
UK: Leading vet criticises ritual slaughter of animals
6/5/12 www.bbc.co.uk
Prof Reilly says if there is no alternative to non-stun slaughter, then it ought to be kept to a minimum
Opinion: Eat halaal! Organic is no substitute
29/4/12 www.blogistan.co.uk
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HijabMan » The Labels Halal & Zabihah And Why I Choose Local And Organic Instead
The above article explains the author’s decision to prefer locally-produced, organic meat over halaal meat which has been slaughtered in accordance with Islamic guidelines.
USA: Mad cow discovery prompts food safety concerns
29/4/12 www.thereporter.com
BY PAUL ROGERS/ SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
America’s beef industry and federal agriculture officials spent much of the past week reassuring the public that the nation’s meat supply is safe after the announcement that a California dairy cow tested positive for mad cow disease. » read more
Opinion: The “Halal Meat” Scam and Why I’m a Semi-Vegetarian
28/4/12 pieceofmind.publicrealm.net
Yes, you read that right – the term “halal meat” is a scam, which is why I’m a semi-vegetarian. By semi-vegetarian, I mean that I only eat meat on certain occasions, under specific circumstances, and following very strict guidelines. I would say in a given month, I eat meat twice, maybe three times (if that). “But whyyy?” you might ask? Simple. I’m following the commands of Allah 
in the Qur’an, and the sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad 
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UK: British parliamentarians reject call for compulsory labeling of kosher meat
28/4/12 www.worldjewishcongress.org
Retailers in the UK will not be forced to label halal and kosher meat after a bill proposed by a member of the House of Commons was narrowly voted down.
UK: Labelling of Halal and Kosher meat
25/4/12 news.bbc.co.uk
Retailers must be forced to label halal and kosher meat to ensure that consumers understand the provenance of the products they are buying, Conservative MP Philip Davies has said.
Natural Remedies receives halal certification
25/4/12
Natural Remedies Private Ltd., Engredea News & Analysis
To reach a multicultural marketplace, Natural Remedies has obtained halal certification for its range of standardized herbal extracts.
Ireland: Tests a step towards end of beef ban
24/4/12
NEAR THE entrance to the Haoyue meat processing facility in Changchun, there were 15 cranes working on an enormous apartment complex – not far from a mosque which supervises the halal slaughter of hundreds of thousands of animals every year.
“Halal” medicine now a option for Australian Muslims
23/4/12 Source: MuslimVillage.com
by Mohammad Kandil
Sydney, Australia: Australia has its first “Halal friendly pharmacy” with a retail pharmacy in the Sydney suburb of Lakemba introducing a line of Halal certified medicines.
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