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Row over barbecue as primary school opts to offer Halal sausages
A row over sausages has a school community sizzling amid competing claims of bigotry and animal cruelty.
Coffee: The favoured hot drink in Australia
Sales of hot drink products in Australia surpassed AUD1,350 million in the year 2008 and is expected to be worth AUD1,473 million in 2013, with the coffee category accounting for the largest share followed by tea according to Datamonitor’s report “ Hot drinks in Australia to 2013”. The biggest growth in coffee is coming from out-of-home consumption with more and more consumers adopting the idea of café culture. In the tea category, consumers are showing increasing interest towards specialty tea segments such as green tea and herbal tea due to its perceived health and wellness benefits.
Filed Under: Trends >> Consumer
Middle East demanding wider range of Aussie red meat cuts: MLA
Middle East demand for Australian red meat was reinforced last week with a record contingent of Australian red meat exporters participating in the region’s largest food tradeshow – Gulfood.
Filed Under: Trade & Investment
Halal Camel Meat Soon On the Market
An abattoir near Alice Springs in central Australia is on the verge of signing a contract to supply at least 10 percent of Australia's Muslim population with Halal camel meat, the Australian Associated Press (AAP) said.
Filed Under: Products & Services
Gulfood 2010 sees record Australian meat industry participation
The largest contingent of Australian meat exporters to have ever assembled at an international food show is converging to Dubai this week to participate at Gulfood 2010, in a further demonstration of the region’s importance to Australia’s meat industry. A total of 22 meat exporters from Down Under are hosted at the Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) pavilion, widely anticipated to be at the centre of Gulfood visitors’ attention for its contribution to the estimated annual US$ 180 million red meat products’ trade between Australia and the Middle East.
Filed Under: Trade & Investment
Australia Eyes Islamic Finance Growth
Government aims to create finance hub for nearly one billion Muslims in Asia-Pacific region
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Not all Muslims happy about Halal products
The expansion of Halal products on the market has not pleased all Muslims - some are calling the certification of products a marketing ploy.
Sluggish demand continues in offal markets
The average price of almost all offals in January improved from the previous month, as lower supplies – due to Australian processor closures – and the momentarily stable A$ offered some reprieve from an otherwise tough market.
Filed Under: Products & Services
Halal meat exports
New Zealand is one of the most important producers of meat and dairy productions to the different parts of the world among them Islamic countries. For this reason this country is a familiar name for the Muslims. This trade interaction has been caused that since 3 past decades, most of slaughter house engaged slaughtering according to Islamic laws regulations. For the permanent assessment of this processes and also dairy productions according to Halal World Standards and the necessity of unification of Halal brands certifying bodies which are active in this country, travelling to New Zealand and discussing with authorities and industrial actives was planed and came in to implementation.
Filed Under: Products & Services