An Italian government minister visiting Malaysia has expressed a keen interest in the Halal food industry .

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) is concerned with recent media reports that 50,000 non-Muslim food outlets across the country have Halal certificates that are not recognised by the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) .

The Saudi Food and Drugs Authority has banned the import of several poultry products following the UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) discovering that pork and beef derivatives were being used in some chicken products in the UK .

Head of the Food Quality Control Committee at Kuwait Municipality, Mohammed Ghazzai Al-Otaibi, recently said that the committee's recent meeting recommended contacting the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to have it issue a temporary ban on the importation of beef from China and Bahrain .

During a ministry briefing with the Chinese Agricultural Relations and Cooperative Delegation, currently visiting the Kingdom to hold talks with their counterparts over means to boost joint cooperation, Minister of Agriculture Saeed Masri said the two sides will form a follow-up committee to draft a memorandum of understanding, MENAFN reported .

A Malaysian Halal restaurant chain is now planning to expand to the Middle East and Australia after enormous success in the South East Asian region .

Japanese food producers are now eyeing the lucrative UAE market to sell their prized products .

The government of Saudi Arabia announced that it has lifted a ban on imports of poultry products from Pakistan .

As the Muslim population ages in Australia so does the need for providing them Healthy and Halal foods .

Neighborhood businesses and residents are offering stiff resistance to a Muslim man's efforts to open a small slaughterhouse in Buffalo .