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Malaysia takes hard line on halal certification
29 Aug 2005
Malaysia said it withdrew halal certification from 15 Australian abattoirs and processing plants. Some New Zealand abattoirs have also lost Malaysian halal certification despite meeting their own domestic halal rules. In mainly Muslim Malaysia, animals must die from a single slice to the throat for the meat to be deemed halal, or fit for Muslim consumption. Under Australian animal-welfare rules, cattle are sometimes "stunned" before their throats are cut. Another method, in which a separate cut is made to the thoracic artery to speed up death, is also deemed non-halal.
Australian abattoirs export $20 million a year in halal beef to Malaysia.
Herald Sun, 29/08/05
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