Islam

Halal food a ‘bigger market than China’

15-Mar-2017 By Gwen Ridler

Halal food and drink is a bigger market than China – worth more than £900bn – and will become increasingly important to food manufacturers when the UK leaves the EU, according to a specialist consultant.

Legal action may follow ‘Halal meat’ pork fed to prisoners

04-Feb-2013 By Mike Stones

The food safety watchdog, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) is considering legal action after the Ministry of Justice revealed meat pies and pasties supplied to prisons in England and Wales were labelled and served as Halal but contained traces of pork...

New Exova audit reflects halal’s move mainstream

03-Aug-2010 By Ben Bouckley

Exova has developed a modular halal food-auditing standard that reflects growing interest amongst UK manufacturers in products that meet Islamic law.

DVD helps firms lead sheep to sacred slaughter

07-Sep-2009 By Rick Pendrous

The growing importance of the UK’s Muslim community to the food industry was highlighted by last week’s launch of a new DVD discussing issues...

Sweet like sacred chocolate: halal sweets go head to head

30-Jun-2008

The sweet-toothed followers of Islam - the second largest religion in the UK - will soon be able to sample a taste of the good life now that the...