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Page 1: Halal Chicken Meat Chicken Meat Halal food is food which adheres to Islamic law and is therefore acceptable for Muslims to eat. Halal food laws specify not only what types of foods

23March2018PositionStatement

HalalChickenMeat

HalalfoodisfoodwhichadherestoIslamiclawandisthereforeacceptableforMuslimstoeat.Halalfoodlawsspecifynotonlywhattypesoffoodsandbeveragesareallowedtobeeaten,butalsohowthefoodisprepared.

Therefore,Halalchicken,soldinAustralia,hasbeenprocessedandpreparedaccordingtoIslamiclaw.

Inpractice,inAustraliathismeansthefollowing:•aprayerisspokenatthecommencementofslaughteringintheprocessingplant;•thepersonsupervisingtheslaughteringprocessmustbeofMuslimfaith;and•theprocessingplanthastobeaccreditedbythelocalMuslimcleric.

TheactualprocessofproducingHalalornonHalalchickensisindistinguishable,inparticularallchickens,whetherHalalornot,arestunnedandkilledinidenticalways.ObservingHalalrequirementsdoesnothaveanyimpactontheanimals’welfare.

BecausethephysicalprocessisthesameforbothHalalandnon-Halalproductsapprovedprocessingplantsmayprocessawholeday’sbirdsobservingtheHalalrequirements,evenifonlysomeoftheproductwillberequiredtobeHalalcertified.

ByhavingsomeoftheirfacilitiesaccreditedforHalalslaughter,theindustryisabletomeetthedemandforHalalproductsfromboththelocalcommunityaswellasfromsomeexportmarkets.

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