UK: New research reveals alarming levels of salt and fat hidden in Britian’s takeaway pizzas
6/4/12 Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH) (behalal.org partner)
CONSUMERS UNKNOWINGLY EATING OVER 10 GRAMS OF SALT IN JUST ONE PIZZA
Nutmeg – haram?
Pink Slime A Non-Issue for Kosher McDonald’s
16/3/12 www.greenprophet.com
By Maurice Picow
Good news! McDonald’s burgers sold in Israel don’t contain pink slime, and never did.
Pink slime, a beef filler ingredient made from from slaughter house beef trimmings is freaking out consumers worldwide.
EU: Salmonella down, Campylobacter up
10/3/12 www.farmersguardian.com
By Alistair Driver
SALMONELLA infection in humans is continuing to fall across the EU, although incidence of Campylobacter infection is on the rise, according to new figures released today.
Burnt bone-free ‘halal sugar’ heads to Middle East
6/2/12 www.reuters.com
By Maha El Dahan
ABU DHABI
(Reuters) – Muslims in the Middle East will soon be able to sweeten their coffee and cakes with halal sugar guaranteed to be free from burnt animal bone powder.
Only gelatin powder from China, Pakistan has Jakim’s halal cert
1/3/12 www.thesundaily.my
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 29, 2012): Only gelatin powder imported from China and Pakistan were issued with the Malaysian Islamic Development Department’s (Jakim) halal certificate.
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.
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.
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.
USA: Blue Pacific Flavors Announces Strategic Investment by Wilmar International Limited
2/2/12
CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif., Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Blue Pacific Flavors, a leading developer and manufacturer of natural and organic-compliant fruit flavors, announces a strategic capital investment by Asia’s leading agribusiness group, Wilmar International Limited. Blue Pacific Flavors joins Wilmar International Limited’s group of associated companies.
Four Millennial Eating Habits That Are Changing the Way We Eat
31/1/12 www.policymic.com
Nadira Saleh
Millenials flock to farmer’s markets to supply fresh, seasonal and local food.According to Jean Twenge, author of Generation Me, millennials (Generation Y) are a self-absorbed, confident yet open-minded generation, more demanding than their parents ever were.
UAE: Abu Dhabi plans EHS system for food
20/1/12 www.tradearabia.com
Is it Permissible to Cook Food with Alcohol?-Shaykh Abdullah bin Hamid Ali
15/1/12 www.lamppostproductions.com
You go to a restaurant and on the menu you find a seafood dish that has been cooked with alcohol. The waiter informs you that the alcohol content of this food has been ‘burned off’ by cooking. Is it permissible to eat this seafood? Shaykh Abdullah bin Hamid Ali responds to the question regarding the permissibility of cooking food with alcohol and then eating this food.
UK: Gluten advice for consumers
12/1/12 www.food.gov.uk
UK: Krispy Kreme proud to announce their doughnuts are halal-certified
10/1/12 www.examiner.com
By Kara L Kraemer, Yakima Healthy Foods Examiner
For a product to be halal-certified, it must be edible, drinkable, or usable by Muslims in accordance with Islamic law. Halal refers to what is “permitted by Shariah law without punishment imposed on the doer.”
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- Burnt bone-free ‘halal sugar’ heads to Middle East
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