News

• Saudi Arabia: Food exporting countries urged to heed halal norms
  16 Feb, 2012
  Riyadh Gov. Prince Sattam inaugurated the conference and a related exhibition in the Saudi capital on Sunday. read more
• Tullamarine: Hungry Jack's investigates halal burger claim
  07 Feb, 2012
  HUNGRY Jacks is investigating one of its Hume restaurants after reports it was selling halal food. The Tullamarine Hungry Jacks store received halal certification from the Islamic Coordinating Council of Victoria (ICCV) on December 31 last year. read more
• Halal deal reopens Malaysia trade door
  01 Feb, 2012
  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. The trade took a dive after Malaysian authorities refused to accept meat from plants they said were read more
• Dutch ban on ritual slaughter in doubt as Senate considers Jewish, Muslim objections
  14 Dec, 2011
  AMSTERDAM — Political support for a proposed ban on slaughtering animals without stunning them first appeared to crumble Tuesday as the Dutch senate debated legislation that Muslim and Jewish groups say violates their religious rights. read more
• Slaughterhouse rules: Inside a halal butchershop
  12 Dec, 2011
  New York City: A lot of unusual things happen beneath the surface here. You don’t notice most of them until someone points them out. Madani Halal slaughterhouse is a great example; it’s down a backstreet in a little-known neighborhood in Queens. read more
• South African Muslims furious at 'halal pork' scandal
  17 Nov, 2011
  South African Muslims have reacted with outrage to allegations that a leading meat importer labelled pork as halal read more
• Last Eid with a Dutch-slaughtered sheep?
  07 Nov, 2011
  The Muslim sacrifice festival (Eid al-Adha) started on Sunday and many Dutch Muslims celebrated with a ritually slaughtered sheep. However, it could be the last time Dutch Muslims are able to buy a sheep or lamb that has been ritually slaughtered here in the Netherlands. read more
• European rabbis rally against kosher slaughter ban
  03 Nov, 2011
  WARSAW – In the first such gathering since World War II, European Rabbis has met in the Polish capital Warsaw, putting the ritual slaughter of animals, banned by the Dutch government earlier this year, on the top of their agenda read more
• Canada: Popeyes in fight over Halal chicken
  03 Nov, 2011
  A group of Muslim restaurant franchisees is fighting fast-food chain Popeyes Louisiana Chicken in court over the right to sell hand-slaughtered Halal meat for religious reasons. read more
• Animal welfare group protests ritual slaughter
  31 Oct, 2011
  About 200 Animals Australia supporters rallied at the MCG in Melbourne to make a case for an end to the slaughter of animals within Australia without stunning. read more
• Princess weighs into halal slaughter debate
  17 Oct, 2011
  The King of Jordan's sister has been asking Australia's agriculture department to stop the slaughter of conscious animals for halal meat. read more
• Food-preparation standards in Muslim community up for interpretation
  18 Sep, 2011
  In a small industrial space in Upper Darby, Sultan Bhuiyan watches as one of his workers slides a live chicken upside down into a metal bracket. read more
• Halal industry 'must make strategic global acquisitions'
  19 Aug, 2011
  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 slaughter. read more
• Spirituality in the kitchen: Wholesome and halal
  30 Jul, 2011
  A new generation of Muslims is opting for local, free-range and organic foods to break the Ramadan fast read more
• Cattle stunning proposal placed on hold
  15 Jul, 2011
  A PLAN to make stunning of animals compulsory before slaughtering has been deferred for three months. read more
• Scholars to analyze halal food standards at Riyadh conference
  05 Jul, 2011
  RIYADH: The Kingdom will host the first ever international conference on halal food in the Saudi capital on Feb. 12, the Saudi Food and Drug Authority announced here on Tuesday. read more
• Dutch MPs effectively ban ritual slaughter of animals
  29 Jun, 2011
  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 must be stunned before being killed read more
• Culture clash over ritual slaughter ban
  22 Jun, 2011
  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 have rapidly become an element of 21st-century Dutch identity. read more
• Halal Slaughter Debate Reaches Australia
  20 Jun, 2011
  CANBERRA – A debate about ritual slaughter has moved to Australia with a pro-animal group calling for abattoirs to be banned from ritually killing animals without stunning them first, a move that sparked uproar among the Muslim community in the country. read more
• New halal meat group formed
  15 Jun, 2011
  Members of the halal meat industry have formed a new association non-stun Abattoir owners. read more
• Butchers treat halal beef 'with respect'
  02 Jun, 2011
  Local beef processers and halal butchers have hit out at the brutal treatment of cattle in Indonesian abattoirs as horrific, saying it went against Muslim beliefs. read more
• Pakistan - Halal meat exports
  01 Jun, 2011
  Halal products are moving into mainstream business and their demand is steadily increasing. It is now seen as a potential engine of economic growth. read more
• Should the EU require kosher and halal meat to be labelled?
  01 Jun, 2011
  The question before the European Parliament is a delicate and, once you delve into it, rather a technical one. Do Jewish and Islamic slaughter methods cause unnecessary suffering? read more
• HFA to be contacted re: WASK breaches
  24 May, 2011
  Scotland for Animals have learned as a result of our complaint that the Food Standards Agency are to approach the Halal Food Authority regarding their certification criteria. read more
• Consumer demand should dictate food labeling, not state
  02 May, 2011
  The draft EU Act on labeling of Halal and kosher meat continue to be a much debated affair, one that invites plenty of arguments from both sides. read more
• Plan to label ritually slaughtered meat angers religious group
  24 Apr, 2011
  MEPs' initiative to label meat from animals that have not been stunned before slaughter will be voted on in June read more
• Dutch ritual slaughter ban a step closer
  11 Apr, 2011
  In Holland, a proposal to ban Kosher and Halal slaughter methods has moved a step closer to reality, with a majority of the country’s MPs now supporting the ban. read more
• Ex-slaughtermans action threatens meat industry
  26 Mar, 2011
  A Muslim slaughtermans attempts to discredit the New Zealand meat industry have drawn the attention of the country’s spy service. Meat Industry Association members said they were contacted by the Security Intelligence Service (SIS) this week after Ah read more
• European Union - New labelling laws for Halal meat
  14 Mar, 2011
  Halal and kosher meat will have to be labelled under new European Union rules. read more
• Legal battle after New Zealand bans shechita
  11 Mar, 2011
  A government ban on kosher slaughtering was lifted this week after a legal challenge was made by Jewish community leaders in New Zealand. read more
• Asda underfire for selling Halal Meat
  08 Mar, 2011
  Animal rights activists criticised a supermarket chain yesterday for its decision to stock halal meat. Asda will next month sell the produce from animals that have not been stunned before their throats are cut. read more
• Muslims being cheated on halal meat
  06 Mar, 2011
  Scotland’s Halal meat industry has been plunged into crisis with the news that the country’s sole abattoir producing meat for Muslims electrocutes its animals before slaughter read more
• Kuwait hosts ‘halal’ industry conference
  25 Jan, 2011
  KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister for Legal Affairs, Minister of Justice, and Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Rashed Al-Hammad said yesterday the ‘halal’ industry is unique one and most compliant with the Islamic sharia (law). read more
• Muslim and Jewish groups object to labelling of ritually slaughtered meat
  19 Dec, 2010
  About 10 million turkeys are expected to be eaten in the UK over Christmas with most people unaware of how the bird on their plate was killed. read more
• McDonald's denied using halal meat... now it admits meat IS in one of its most popular meals
  22 Sep, 2010
  Chicken McHalal: McDonald's denied using halal meat... now it admits meat IS in one of its most popular meals read more
• Religious slaughter ban rejected
  04 Apr, 2004
  The government has ruled out a complete ban on the slaughtering of animals used by Muslims and Jews for halal and kosher meat. read more
• Error lets bad meat trader off the hook
  
  04 Mar, 2004
  One of Britain's most notorious illegal meat traders will escape prosecution despite being caught running a warehouse packed with 30 tonnes of dangerous and rotting produce. read more