Europe is hosting the first-ever international conference on halal tourism to look at how the industry can capitalise on one of the fastest growing sectors in the world. The Halal Tourism Conference, which is being held on 22 and 23 ...
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UK: Defra withdraws stun legislation at eleventh hour
Defra’s decision to halt implementation of new EU regs on stunning have been welcomed by British poultry producers. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has suspended the application of an EU legislation which mandated higher currents (amperage) ...
Read More »Opinion: Clarifying halal methods – ‘Animal Welfare is paramount’
By ZÉNA BUTT, HFF THE halal meat industry has had a mammoth amount of media coverage in the last week or so. Following The Sun’s front page article on the ‘Halal Secret of Pizza Express’ (May 7, 2014), a snowball ...
Read More »Ethical, organic, safe: the other side of halal food
By Carla Power, The Guardian With concern over animal welfare, supermarkets and restaurants under fire and fears about ‘foreign ways’, halal meat is food’s most politically charged subject. But it’s now a £1bn a year market in the UK alone – ...
Read More »Opinion: The Halal Smokescreen
By Ed Bedington, Meat Trades Journal Once again halal production is dominating the headlines of the tabloid press, and once again, it’s a case of not letting the facts stand in the way of a good story. The fact the ...
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