UK: Halal meat removed from Luton school menus
10/5/13 www.meatinfo.co.uk
Luton Borough Council has suspended halal meat and poultry from the menus of 18 schools as a precautionary measure, after questions raised by the Luton Council of Mosques and the Sunni Council of Mosques Luton.
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UK: Leicester schools halal lamb burger contained pork
10/5/13 www.bbc.co.uk
Halal lamb burgers have been removed from schools in Leicester after tests on a sample burger found traces of pork.
The Changing World of Food Traceability
6/5/13 www.foodsafetynews.com
EU: Dutchman fined for selling horsemeat as ‘halal beef’
2/5/13 www.globalpost.com
UK: Red alert on halal meat
30/4/13 www.meatinfo.co.uk
Halal meat consumers have been put on “red alert” and advised to buy from dedicated halal plants for “doubt-free” products.
UK: Muslims raise halal concerns at House of Lords meeting
26/4/13 www.meatinfo.co.uk
Burning issues from the halal meat industry, as well as Islam-a-phobia, were discussed earlier this week by clerics, Imams and industry leaders at the House of Lords.
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On Tuesday (23 April) leading members of the Muslim community, halal meat industries and the Jewish community, met to talk about the recent contamination of halal meat products. House of Lords member Lord Ahmed Nazir, one of only four Muslim peers in the UK, was also present at the meeting and toldMeatInfo.co.uk that it was very well-attended.
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Does The GCC Ignore Halal Cosmetics?
25/4/13 gulfbusiness.com
Some experts say the GCC suffers from a lack of local halal certification bodies, as buyers opt for European rivals.
As the cosmetics industry continues to perform strongly in the Gulf, it’s curious that halal products have not risen in conjunction with the wider beauty market.
EU: Polish government drafts regulations to allow ritual slaughter
24/4/13 www.jta.org
The Polish government has drafted regulations to reduce animals’ suffering but still allow ritual slaughter.
Australia: Alarm at clerics’ call against stunning
23/4/13 www.theaustralian.com.au
AUSTRALIAN authorities are monitoring a push by a regional branch of Indonesia’s peak Muslim clerical body to abandon the pre-slaughter stunning of cattle, triggering fresh concerns about the treatment of Australian cattle in Indonesian abattoirs.
UK: Red alert on halal meat
3/4/13 www.meatinfo.co.uk
Halal meat consumers have been put on “red alert” and advised to buy from dedicated halal plants for “doubt-free” products.
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Muslim consumers are in a state of alarm since a series of halal meat products were revealed to contain traces of pork DNA after testing. As a result, the Association of Non Stun Abattoirs (ANSA), has issued the “red alert” to Muslim consumers in light of the discovery of pork DNA in products in Birmingham.
Russia: Moscow meat products to be tested for Halal certification abroad
2/4/13 www.bsr-russia.com
Halal products from Moscow’s Tsaritsyno meat processing plant will be examined in laboratories in Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) following recent reports that pig DNA has been detected in them, says the chief of Russia’s Mufti Council’s International Center for Halal Standardization and Certification.
Sri Lanka: Genocidal anti-Muslim racism
1/4/13 www.island.lk
By Izeth Hussain
Suddenly, and quite unexpectedly, the term “racism” has come into vogue. I myself have been using it for years, in preference to the term “ethnic” in connection with our famous ethnic problem. But otherwise it has been normally used in Sri Lanka only to allege “Tamil racism”, the assumption behind which is that the Sinhalese of course have never been racist towards the Tamils, or towards anyone else for that matter. But now, in connection with the anti-Muslim hate campaign and the halal problem, – which involve Buddhist monks and a political party that is part of the Government – many including no less than the President have used the term “racism”. There is therefore recognition among the Sinhalese power elite that there could be racists within their own ranks. I see this as a step or even a great leap forward, the beginnings of a possible sea-change, holding out promise for the future.
The politics of halal
29/3/13 blogs.ft.com
By Shelina Janmohamed of Ogilvy Noor
Last month in Sri Lanka, serious violence broke out among local Buddhists when the government said it was considering a halal certification scheme. The scheme was aimed at the domestic Muslim community to whom it would offer security in consumption. As a bonus, it would help establish a place for the country’s products in the growing world halal economy.
UK: Halal food producer presses for higher monitoring standards
28/3/13 www.newfoodmagazine.com
Halal food producer, KQF, has denounced as ‘shameful’ recent lapses in food monitoring processes that have allowed British manufacturers and retailers to sell horse, pork and other uncertified meats as part of food products labelled as ‘halal’.
UK: Halal meat in Birmingham found to contain pork
27/3/13 www.bbc.co.uk
Pork extracts have been found in a halal meat product during tests carried out by Birmingham City Council.
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