Punjab Halal Development Agency (PHDA) Chairman former Justice Khalil ur Rehman Khan said that Pakistan is an emerging Halal food hub and this is the right time for us to capture the international halal products market worth US3 trillion dollars by making our industry compliant to international standards and boosting up our halal sector, the Business Recorder reported .

British Muslim community leaders and industry representatives raised concerns about the contamination of halal foods on Tuesday (23rd April) at the House of Lords .

Better sense seems to have prevailed in Poland after the government announced that it will reintroduce halal and kosher slaughter methods which were outlawed last 2012 .

Slovenian authorities and the producers of a 'halal' salami claim that their product is 'pork free' contrary to the earlier claims by Sweden .