Leicester schools contained up to 50% pork, the city council has confirmed.
A halal lamb burger made by a company supplying Leicester schools contained up to 50% pork, the city council has confirmed.
Poland to reintroduce kosher, halal slaughter methods
Poland's government has approved draft legislation that would reinstate the slaughter of livestock according to the customs of Jewish and Muslim minorities.
Birmingham City Council discovers pork protein in Halal product
Birmingham City Council's environmental health team has discovered pork protein in a Halal meat product while checking for horsemeat contamination.
Pork DNA in halal sausages at Westminster primary school
Westminster Council carried out tests on school meals after the horsemeat scandal. Pork DNA has been found in halal chicken sausages served in a primary school in Westminster, central London, the loca
Sri Lanka Muslims Give Up Halal Logo
COLOMBO – In a dear sacrifice to save their country’s harmony, Muslim scholars in Sri Lanka decided Monday, March 11, to give up the halal logo on all products to help ease tension with Buddhists.
Halal Food Certification Worries UK Muslims
Following recent fiasco surrounding pork traces found in halal food, the relation between Lancashire Council of Mosques and the city council has come to a deadlock after raising concerns about the cer
Tracess of Pork Found in Prison Food Serve As Halal
The Ministry of Justice is suspending one of the suppliers of meat to prisons after it discovered that halal pies and pasties sourced from a properly halal certificated supplier may contain traces of
Horsemeat-in-burgers scandal prompts food hygiene fears
Jewish and Muslim leaders express concern over descriptions while trade union warns meat industry is unfit to regulate itself
EU: Poland Government to do a “U Turn” on banning Halal and Kosher slaughter
Poland is to draft new laws so that it does not have to stop slaughterhouses from producing kosher meat, a prospect that has angered the Jewish community in the country where Nazi Germany massacred mi
How they fed us donkey burgers
Australians were unwittingly fed donkey meat, goat and maggot-ridden offcuts by some of the country's leading meat producers, according to newly revealed Royal Commission findings.
New European Union (EU) rules on animal welfare
New poultry stunning rules may affect quality, warns Dutch firm
Defra grants £366,000 to Halal food park in Banham
Up to 60 new jobs could be created in Banham after the government awarded more than £350,000 to a European Halal Food Park
Traces of pork found in chicken hotdogs – Prohibited food entering Kuwait
KUWAIT: The Kuwait Municipality is reportedly working on recalling a shipment of hotdogs that contained traces of pork that was made available at some restaurants according to official reports,
Birmingham trading standards seize chickens in halal labelling probe
CONSUMER watchdogs in Birmingham have seized hundreds of chickens during an investigation into firms selling meat wrongly-labelled as halal to Muslims.
Halal abattoir meets growing opposition
A CAMPAIGN group opposing halal slaughter at a Skegness abattoir has gathered almost 100 members in a matter of days.
French Muslim Shoppers Demand Halal Foods
LIVRY GARGAN, France - The Islamic fasting month of Ramadan is underway, and in France it underscores the growing influence of Muslim shoppers
KFC Accused Of Mislabelling Chicken As Halal
A top fast food chain has been accused by the country’s leading Islamic scholars of mislabelling its chicken as halal.
UK: Islamic scholars say ’NO to machine slaughtered animals’
Machine slaughter of animals for halal consumption has been unanimously rejected by 40 of the country’s top Islamic scholars a UK conference has heard.
Despite court ruling, Islamic butcher in Germany faces hurdles to halal slaughter
Rustem Altinkupe, a practicing Muslim in Germany, has operated a butcher shop in Germany since 1988. He practiced halal slaughter, the form of animal slaughter required by observant Muslims.
Now they'll have to tell us if we're eating halal: Ministers prepare to change law
Ministers are preparing to change the law to ensure that meat slaughtered in accordance with strict Islamic law cannot be sold to unwitting members of the public.
Quebec parties challenge halal meat laws
TORONTO — Two political parties in Quebec are speaking out against the ritual slaughter of meat, saying the practice runs counter to the province’s secular “values.”
Muslim's Countries are been urged to Boycott the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympic Games
Muslim countries are been advised that they should boycott the 2012 London Olympic, as the London Olympics organising committee have banned halal food that has been processed to the true Islamic metho
Halal slaughter becomes political issue in France
A TV documentary's revelation that slaughterhouses around Paris have switched meat production entirely to halal methods has stirred a political storm in France, where attitudes to Europe's largest Mus
Saudi Arabia: Food exporting countries urged to heed halal norms
RIYADH: The First International Conference on Halal Food in Riyadh concluded on Tuesday, calling on non-Muslim countries exporting food to Islamic countries to strictly adhere to Islamic regulations w
Hungry Jack's investigating restaurant claims it sells halal food
A HUNGRY Jack's restaurant owner is being grilled after claims he falsely advertised the chain was selling halal food.
Halal reopens trade doors
New Zealand has hopes of regaining its $31 million beef trade with Malaysia now that it has resolved a six-year dispute over halal slaughter.
Dutch block ritual slaughter ban
The main parties in the Dutch upper house - the Senate - have indicated that they will reject a proposal to ban the traditional Jewish and Muslim methods of slaughtering animals.
Slaughterhouse rules: Inside a halal butchershop
How buying and consuming chickens has been done for centuries
South African Muslims furious at 'halal pork' scandal
South African Muslims have reacted with outrage to allegations that a leading meat importer labelled pork as halal.
Halal industry 'must make strategic global acquisitions'
Saleh Abdullah Lootah, Managing Director, Al Islami Foods. This year the group has launched the ‘Shine This Ramadan’ promotional campaign to educate consumers about the various aspects of halal slaugh
AUSTRALIA: Cattle stunning proposal placed on hold
A PLAN to make stunning of animals compulsory before slaughtering has been deferred for three months.
MPs vote in favour of ritual slaughter ban, despite religious protests
The Dutch lower house of parliament has passed a law effectively banning the ritual slaughter of animals, in a move condemned by Muslim and Jewish groups. The legislation states that all animals mu
Ritual slaughter bans
Two traditions clashed in the Dutch parliament on Wednesday evening: religious tolerance versus animal rights. The one rooted in centuries of Dutch history, the other a new development that seems to h
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