A semi-official agency in the Republic of Macedonia will begin issuing Halal certificates from the end of this month, according to to local press reports .

Imams and other leaders in Emirates have advised the Muslims to not to waste food at iftar, the Gulf News reported .

Planet Ozone, one of Florida's first "green commercial building, officially opened yesterday .

Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting (WCCL), which forayed into the international personal care market by snapping up Singapore-headquartered Unza Holdings, is training its focus on east and west African countries to increase Unza’s base this fiscal .

Four’N Twenty has now a Halal Sausage Roll, for local Islamic and export markets .

Not all halal-certified food products sold in supermarkets in Qatar and other Gulf countries comply with halal standards, according to a Thai professor at a well-known university in Bangkok told the Peninsula newspaper .

Butchers at Bahrain’s central markets have been facing the wrath of customers nowadays after the government imposed a ban on selling more than 7kg of meat per customer during Ramadan .

A new halal bill which makes certification compulsory has been criticized by Indonesia's food, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical industries .

The following statement was issued Brunei's official authorities regarding the Halal logo in the sultanate:
 
In accordance with the Halal logo to be labeled at Restaurants, there is already a law being enforced in Brunei Darussalam since 1st August 2008 which is the Halal Certificate and Halal Label Order 2005 .

Pakistan Food Association (PFA) and Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the promotion of food industry in the country .