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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.
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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.
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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.
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Tesco talking lamb prices
Supermarkets have a limited ability to raise the retail price of lamb, a buyer with one of the world's largest retailers says. Sam Pearl, the chilled-lamb buyer with British supermarket company Tesco, told farmers at a sheep and beef forum organised by Silver Fern Farms in Gore last week that, individually, supermarkets were small players in marketing sheep meat.
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Vege spite spreads
Vegemite has gone Halal in a bid by food giant Kraft to make the national "treasure" available to Muslim Australians.
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Meat and Livestock Australia supports Gulfood 2010
The Australian meat & livestock industry will be actively involved in the Gulfood 2010 edition to be held during February 21-24, in a step that reflects its commitment to the highly-important ME markets, according to Mr. Lachlan Bowtell, the Regional Manager of Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA), the international marketing arm of Australian meat and livestock producers.
NZ Islamic Fed Questions Indonesian Halal Credentials
The Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ) has objected to the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI)’s move to make mandatory obtaining Halal from the councils own certification before it was sold in its country. The federation’s response came after the MUI, Indonesia's highest authority on Islamic affairs issued a statement last week that many products imported from New Zealand, the US, Australia and some European countries carried Halal labels but did not always trust their certification standards.