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Barcelona to ban Islamic veils in some public spaces
Barcelona has become the first large Spanish city to announce a ban on the wearing of full Islamic face-veils in some public spaces.
Filed Under: Social Development
Volys Star & Halal: on innovation, challenges and solutions
Starting more than 60 years ago as a small chicken slaughterhouse, Belgium based Volys Star is now one of the poultry industry’s pioneers in Europe, producing products with the highest added-value and of the finest quality. It realised its first major innovation by developing cooked products from poultry meat such as cold cuts, breaded products and meal components, which until then had only been made from pork meat. As a true believer in this new industry, Volys Star had at that time been converted from a chicken slaughterhouse into a poultry meat processor and started rearing and slaughtering turkeys instead of chickens as turkeys had more meat on them to be used as raw material for the meat processing business. Koen De Praetere, General Manager of Volys Star, talks about Volys Star’s transition to Halal and shares the challenges faced with The Halal Journal.
Filed Under: Industry >> Company Feature
Makeup goes Halal
A new Halal certified range of makeup has hit the market. Samina Pure Mineral Makeup Ltd is the first cosmetics company in UK to sell Halal certified makeup.
Filed Under: Products & Services
The colourful world of Kazakhstan
The Republic of Kazakhstan is the ninth largest country in the world. Located in Central Asia, this land-locked country borders China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Kazakhstan’s vast land ranges from the deserts, semi-deserts and forests to snow-capped mountains, and the country is mostly steppe land with hilly plains and plateaus.
Filed Under: Country Feature
Now supermarket giant Tesco offers Halal range for barbeques
It already offers more than 100 fresh Halal products to cater for its Muslim customers. Now with the market worth an estimated £2.8billion a year, Tesco believes it has spotted another gap in the market.
Filed Under: Products & Services
Halal open day planned
A unique open day at a Halal abattoir is being held for all Imams and mosque representatives later this month. The open day organised by Janan Meat Ltd will take place on June 30 at the company's Abattoir in the West Midlands.
Filed Under: Products & Services
International Islamic business conference
The 2nd International Islamic Business and Finance Summit (KAZANSUMMIT 2010) will take place in Kazan, on June 28, 29.
Filed Under: Products & Services
Halal meat hub hopes for the UK
A central Halal hub supplying the demand for meat in the UK is now in full trading, with further expansion plans to supply the European mainland.
Filed Under: Products & Services
Volys Star ready for new markets
After pioneering with Poultry Cold Cuts in Europe some 40 years ago, Volys Star now also enjoys some 20 years of experience in the European Halal Market with its Premium Products Range. France, the biggest market for value-added Halal products in Europe, has become the second home market for this Belgium based company. Hence, not surprisingly, Quick France knocked on Volys Star’s door when they were developing their Halal Burgers. Indeed, someone had to replace the slice of bacon in their bacon-based burgers. As it was not the first time that Volys Star developed a Halal equivalent for a pork product, its Product Development Department came up with a new product fully matching Quick’s stringent requirements. Koen De Praetere, General Manager of Volys Star said, “We are very proud to be able to assist Quick France with the roll-out of their Halal burgers and Halal outlets in France.”
Filed Under: Business >> Products & Services
The French Halal Market
According to a study programme on the Halal market by Solis, a Research Institute that deals mainly with processing complex media data such as campaign results and ethnic survey among others, there are five million Muslims in France with 70 per cent originating from Maghreb countries (Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia). From the same survey, it was estimated that the turnover of the Halal market in 2010 will reach EUR5.5 billion, with EUR4.5 billion for home consumption (in circuits of Hyper/supermarket and traditional stores) and EUR1 billion for out-of-home consumption with especially fast food. Our analysis focused on four main regions where the majority of immigrant population in France is located (the North, the Paris region – Ile de France, Southeast – Provence, Alpes, Côte d'Azur, and the Rhône-Alpes region), where we conducted more than 1,500 interviews.
Filed Under: Trends >> Market Report