The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has banned the production and circulation of milk that contains a fat-removing substance called conjugated linoleic acid .

Officials of of a company hoping to bring a £150 million super halal industrial park to Carmarthenshire are hoping to seal the deal this week, the Evening Post reported .

Turkish and Iranian agriculture ministers signed a Memorandum of Understanding on agricultural copperation between the two countries last Saturday, the Fars News Agency reported .

The recent case of a Taiwanese employer forcing three Muslim workers from Indonesia to eat pork drove labor activists and migrant workers to the streets Sunday to demand respect for their religious freedom .

A row has been kicked in South Africa after the South African National Halal Association (SANHA) claimed that cigarettes contain pork extracts and alcohol .

There are yet even more calls from Pakistan's business leaders for the country to expand its halal food industry .

Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs spoke out on Thursday against the actions of a Taiwanese employer who forced her Muslim workers to eat pork, which is forbidden for people of that religion, Radio Taipei reported .

An Ottawa-area farmer and his customers are pushing the province to create an exception to Ontario's meat regulations to allow people to legally slaughter their own livestock on the farm, CBC News reported .

The Mufti of Malaysian state of Selangor has warned food manufacturers and consumers about the use of wine vinegar .