Fundamentals of Halal Foods and Certification

Posted in: USA, Halal Integrity, The Americas
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Formulating products for the growing, massive halal market requires knowledge of processes and ingredient characteristics. The following article which features in the current Prepared Foods magazine in the US, clearly outlines this for people new to the concept of Halal, and how or why you might want to get Halal certified.

Jan 26, 2010 - 5:14:01 AM Read more

Premium Brands buys Vancouver Halal meat supplier for $2.1 million

Posted in: Canada, The Americas, Meat & Poultry, Food Manufacturing

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VANCOUVER, B.C. — Premium Brands Holdings Corp. (TSX:PBH) says it has acquired Vancouver-based South Seas Meats Ltd., a distributor of Halal specialty meats that will help expand Premium's portfolio of ethnic foods. Premium Brands, which has about 25,000 customers in Western Canada and Washington State, paid about $2.1 million for South Sea Meats, which had annual sales of about $10 million. Ahsan Razak, the founder and operator of South Sea Meats, will join the management team of Premium Brands.


Jan 22, 2010 - 9:49:26 PM Read more

Anchorage's first halal grocery opens

Posted in: USA, The Americas, Retail
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Anchorage is now home to nearly 4,000 Muslims, up from a hundred or so when Lamin Jobarteh, who hails from the West African nation of Gambia arrived in Alaska to attend graduate school in the 1990s. After watching the growing community order bulk shipments of Halal meat and speciality groceries from Seattle and Vancouver for years, Jobarteh left his career as a business banker and has now opened 'Alaska's First Halal Grocery'.

Jan 19, 2010 - 7:00:34 AM Read more

Brazil Targets US & Mexico to Make Up for Lost Poultry Market

Posted in: Brazil, The Americas, Meat & Poultry
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Brazil's Poultry Exporters Association (Abef) promises to work hard to open new markets this year, in order to partly make up for the losses incurred due to the appreciation of the real (the Brazilian currency) against the dollar, which made the domestic product more expensive abroad, and due to the global demand retraction seen in 2009.

Jan 15, 2010 - 8:45:08 PM Read more

For Some, ‘Kosher’ Equals Pure

Posted in: USA, Meat & Poultry, The Americas
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There are many similarities between Kosher and Halal. The way that Kosher is perceived in the market has a lot of significant parallels to Halal. At this stage, as is shown in the article, Kosher is more of a mainstream product than a religious one. It is very likely that Halal will follow suit in this respect.

Jan 13, 2010 - 8:20:22 PM Read more

US Green Mosques

Posted in: USA, The Americas
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WASHINGTON DC -- A growing awareness of everything environmentally friendly is taking place in mosques across the United States, which are joining hands with grassroots faith-based groups to encourage the mainstream society to work towards better environmental stewardship.

Jan 10, 2010 - 10:25:53 PM Read more

Introducing Campbells Halal Certified Products in Canada

Posted in: Canada, The Americas, Food Manufacturing
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Campbells Halal Range


Campbells Canada launches a selection of Halal-certified products.

Dec 31, 2009 - 11:46:04 PM Read more

Brazil - More Halal beef for Arab countries

Posted in: Brazil, The Americas, Meat & Poultry
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More Halal beef for Arab countries - Egypt, Libya and Algeria should collaborate with the recovery of Brazilian bovine meat exports next year, says Roberto Giannetti da Fonseca, president of the Beef Industry and Exporters Association.

Dec 28, 2009 - 3:16:21 AM Read more

Natural and Organic Food Consumers staying loyal to the category despite recession

Posted in: The Americas, Food Trends, USA
A recent survey from market research firm Mintel shows that nearly 40% of consumers claim they haven’t changed organic product purchasing habits because of the recession and only a mere 3% have stopped buying organic products altogether.

Dec 21, 2009 - 10:50:57 PM Read more

Charles City corporation receives $56,800 grant

Posted in: The Americas, Meat & Poultry, USA
The Iowa Department of Economic Development board on Thursday awarded a $250,000 loan to help open a poultry plant in Charles City. The company, Custom Poulty Processing, will focus on specialty market segments including fresh organic, halal and poultry free of antibiotics.

Dec 19, 2009 - 9:50:54 AM Read more