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Saffron Road expands into the halal market

Saffron Road's largest retail partner, Whole Foods, prioritizes halal and hopes to expand to 4,000 locations by the end of the year. Malaysia's halal market is also booming, with experts...

2025-05-15

JAKIM uses a rigorous process to determine Halal status

Reports from Kuala Lumpur indicate that some of the chocolates produced by a major multinational confectionery company contain pig genes. The subsequent denial has sparked public outcry over the determination of halal status and who is behind it, and why there are two agencies involved – the Ministry of Health...

2025-05-15

HALAL Know Your Market

Halal has created a huge market for the world – 23% of the world's population is Muslim – yet many marketers surprisingly treat them as a homogenous entity. What is the need to get rid of the WHS's requirement to harmonize Halal standards, but...

2025-05-15

Kathmandu Air Catering Factory receives Halal certification

Crowne Plaza Soaltee and Lufthansa Sky Chefs Kathmandu have officially announced that their in-flight catering factory near Tripura International Airport in Kathmandu has recently received halal certification. The factory, operated by Crowne Plaza Soaltee...

2025-05-15

Senior British politicians' talk on non-halal issues

Shabana Ahmed, a senior politician from the Birmingham Ladies House constituency, told ANSA she would write to the Prime Minister and Secretary of State to report the pork protein in beef burgers from Ireland, but they did not...

2025-05-15

Philippines launches new Halal logo

The Philippines wants to increase its halal food exports. That's why the Department of Commerce is launching a national halal logo, according to Salaam Gateway. This means all certification agencies and companies wishing to certify in the Philippines must...

2025-05-15

The importance of establishing unified halal standards

Standardization is also expected to increase investor interest, which has been limited until now due to the limited scale of businesses. Now, the business is growing, and with the support of appropriate halal food standards and programs, both supply and demand sides will...

2025-05-15