Australia

Albawaba Business As Australia today (Jan. 26) celebrates its National Day you may be forgiven in thinking that Australia’s most successful exports are their movie stars like Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman and pop icon Kylie Minogue but its greatest export is ...

By Kathleen Calderwood, ABC Rural  With over 100 Australian abattoirs halal certified, the practice is becoming an increasingly important part of the meat processing industry. Halal practices for slaughtering cattle were under the spotlight in December, when a group of eight ...

By Beef Central A group of food and lifestyle journalists from the Middle East region visited Australia late last year under an education program underwritten by Meat and Livestock Australia. Their visit touched on all points of the supply chain, ...

By Clyde Russell, Reuters   CRESSY, Australia – A Muslim refugee from Africa deftly slits the throat of an unconscious sheep, starting the animal on its final journey from Australia’s island state of Tasmania to a dinner plate in Dubai. ...

KUALA LUMPUR,  The 5th Halal Certification Bodies Convention 2013 will be the platform for Malaysia to expand its cooperation network with international halal certification bodies. So far, JAKIM had given recognition to 57 foreign halal certification bodies in 29 countries. The ...