Category: Halal Food
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Beef and meat bans cast shadow over Eid-ul-Azha
New Delhi:(IANS)With hundreds of families across the country preparing Eid-ul-Azha in the last week of September, the ban on sale of meat, including beef, has come as a huge setback for the traders who were expecting a good business during the festive season. Akbar Qureshi, a meat trader in the Mankhurd area of Mumbai, is…
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Avoid cow slaughter in larger interest, Ulema tells Muslims
By Mohammed Shafeeq Hyderabad: (IANS) With the ban on beef in some states and the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha triggering a fierce debate on cow slaughter across the country, a group of Islamic scholars in southern India has appealed to Muslims to avoid sacrificing cows, bulls and bullocks in the community’s larger interest. The scholars have advised…
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Bakra Mandies despite drought situation in Gujarat
Ahmedabad: Maeeshat News, Prices of goats that are sacrificed on the occasion of Id-ul-Zuha have shot up in the Gujarat. Sellers in ‘bakra markets’ in the ahmedabad rue the fact that the supply of goats has gone down considerably this year causing the rise in prices. Despite drought situation in Gujarat due to lack…
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Beef banned in Muslim dominated Jammu and Kashmir
By maeeshat.in, Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Wednesday banned the sale of the beef in the state after hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against cow slaughter. Justices Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Janak Raj Kotwal issued the order over the PIL filed by advocate Parimoksh Seth. After Maharashtra, J&K is second state…
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India’s food safety watchdog floats norms for meat products
New Delhi:(IANS) India’s food safety watchdog on Monday notified the draft norms for regulating microbes in meat and meat products, and said they would come into force after 60 days of it being published in the official gazette. It also invited stakeholders to file their comments and objections on the same. “The objections and suggestions,…
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Russia keen to tie up with Malaysia in halal food, Islamic finance
Moscow, (IINA) – Russia is working actively with Malaysia to facilitate and develop its halal industry and Islamic banking, says Regions-Russia Association President Linar Yakupov. According to Malaysian Daily Express, Yakupov noted that the Malaysian companies, involved in the halal industry, could enter into joint ventures to set up production and distribution centres in the…
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Thailand plans to invest in improving halal food quality
Bangkok, Thailand (IINA) – The Thailand government is planning to spend up to 8 billion baht to improve the quality of halal food and on its promotion for the export market, says newly appointed Industry Minister Atchaka Sibunruang, Bangkok Post news reported. The aim is to make Thailand among the top five exporters of halal…
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Halal food festival by American Muslim youth
South Brunswick, New Jersey (IINA) – For four years, the American Muslim youth community center has organized an annual halal food festival to draw Muslim families and also to enhance friendship ties with non-Muslims, MyCentralJersey online news reported. This year’s festival, held Saturday at Rowland Park, drew vendors from Central Jersey, New York City and…
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Consumer court notice to Nestle on Rs.640-crore ‘Maggi’ suit
New Delhi:(IANS) The apex consumer court on Monday served a notice on Nestle India over the government’s Rs.640-crore unfair trade practice class action suit related to Maggi noodles and fixed Sep 30 as the next date of hearing. A bench of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, comprising Justice V.K. Jain and Justice B.C. Gupta,…
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Apex consumer disputes forum to hear Maggi case on Friday
New Delhi:(IANS) The Rs.640-crore class action suit filed by the Indian government against Nestle alleging unfair trade practices with regard to Maggi is scheduled to be heard by the apex consumer disputes forum on Friday, but the company expressed disappointment over the suit since the matter was sub-judice. According to the media officer in the…