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Canadian Halal Food Festival – 1st and 2nd June 2013 Written by The behalal team for Home Industry News UK & World

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14/3/13  www.newswire.ca

TORONTO, March 13, 2013 /CNW/ – On June 1 and 2, 2013 Halal Food Festival Toronto, the first ever Canadian halal food festival, is coming to The International Centre located in the GTA, home to the largest concentration of Muslims in all of North America. More than just a food festival, it will focus on celebrating the diversity of one amazing metropolitan.


Canada: Recalled beef concerns raised at local health unit Written by The behalal team for Home Industry News UK & World

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10/10/12  www.cbc.ca

Windsor-Essex County Health Unit says no local cases of E. Coli linked to XL Foods recall reported

The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit receives approximately a dozen calls a week inquiring about tainted beef and E. Coli. Fears of contaminated beef processed in Alberta’s XL Food plant have spread to more than 20 countries where the beef was shipped.

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Canada: West Central Pelleting signs Memorandum of Understanding Written by The behalal team for Home Industry News UK & World

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22/9/12  www.grenfellsun.sk.ca

The MOU signed between West Central Pelleting Ltd. and Haoyue Halal Meat Co., Ltd. will solidify the intent to cooperate bilaterally regarding the use of animal feed and animal feed practises.
Photo by Andrea Nicholl

The MOU signed between West Central Pelleting Ltd. and Haoyue Halal Meat Co., Ltd. will solidify the intent to cooperate bilaterally regarding the use of animal feed and animal feed practises.

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Canada: Ethnic coalition deplores kosher, halal criticism Written by The behalal team for Home Industry News UK & World

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5/4/12  www.cjnews.com

Janice Arnold, Staff Reporter

Marvin Rotrand

MONTREAL — A coalition of various community groups is calling on Parti Québécois (PQ) leader Pauline Marois to distance herself from her agriculture critic’s comments on religious ritual slaughter.

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Canada: Quebec slaughterhouse debunks media frenzy over halal meat Written by The behalal team for Home Industry News UK & World

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15/3/12 www.montrealgazette.com

By Kevin Dougherty
Mario Dumont, the former leader of the Action democratique du Quebec, has sparked an outcry after claiming Quebecers were eating halal chicken without even knowing it.
 Photograph by: Monique Beaudin, Montreal GazetteMario Dumont, the former leader of the Action democratique du Quebec, has sparked an outcry after claiming Quebecers were eating halal chicken without even knowing it.


Canada: Halal meat carving out niche market in growing Muslim community Written by The behalal team for Home Industry News UK & World Meat & Poultry

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3/2/12  thechronicleherald.ca

Ahmad Al Hamoui, partner at Taiba Halal Store, poses for a portrait   in front of their halal meat refrigerator in Hailfax on Thursday. (ADRIEN VECZAN / Staff)

Ahmad Al Hamoui, partner at Taiba Halal Store, poses for a portrait in front of their halal meat refrigerator in Hailfax on Thursday. (ADRIEN VECZAN / Staff)

Some like their meat rare, while others insist on organic free-range fare. But a different category of meat is gracing restaurant menus and filling grocery store shelves in Nova Scotia.

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Canada: Maple Lodge Farms hit with 60 criminal charges Written by The behalal team for Home Industry News UK & World

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8/1/12  www.thestar.com

A Maple Lodge Farms truck sits at a loading dock at the chicken processing plant in Brampton. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has charged Brampton's Maple Lodge Farms, Canada's largest chicken processor, with violation of federal animal transport standards.

A Maple Lodge Farms truck sits at a loading dock at the chicken processing plant in Brampton. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has charged Brampton’s Maple Lodge Farms, Canada’s largest chicken processor, with violation of federal animal transport standards.

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Canada: Popeyes in fight over Halal chicken Written by The behalal team for Home Industry News UK & World

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3/11/11  www.thestar.com

Iman Yusuf Badat said he made a presentation to Popeyes about the importance of Halal meat.
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Canada: Where’s the beef… from? Written by The behalal team for Home Industry News UK & World Meat & Poultry

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28/7/11 www.piquenewsmagazine.com

Photo by Bonny Makarewicz
Pemberton cattle growers go natural

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Canada: A fusion of food and faith Written by The behalal team for Consumer Food Production Home Industry News UK & World Trends

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6/5/11  www.thestar.com

At Marron, a French kosher bistro, chef Eran Marom substitutes ingredients such as apple butter or coconut milk for the cream and butter beloved by the French.At Marron, a French kosher bistro, chef Eran Marom substitutes ingredients such as apple butter or coconut milk for the cream and butter beloved by the French.

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Canada: Kraft calls on star chefs to capture immigrant market Written by The behalal team for Food Production Home Industry News UK & World Trends

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13/4/11  www.theglobeandmail.com

By WENCY LEUNG

Chef Susur Lee - Chef Susur Lee | Iain Bagwell

Smita Chandra is breaking new ground for Kraft Canada.

As a designated “Kraft Kitchen Expert,” Ms. Chandra, who immigrated to Canada from India 25 years ago, is encouraging new South Asian immigrants to revamp their traditional cooking methods, using the company’s products.

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