halal chicken meat chicken meat halal food is food which adheres to islamic law and is therefore...
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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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