Indian Halal Meat Industry

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Excerpts from Pakistan Leading Newspaper Jung

“According to the report, this community, mostly from the Indian subcontinent, uses
forged stamps on the meat in order to deceive Muslim countries into believing that the
animals were slaughtered according to the Islamic way.

More than 500 experts from all over the world work in the Ahmadi meat business, the
report added, and the community conducts most of its transactions in London.”
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/08/05/115762.html

Is the meat(sheep& cow) imported from India Halal in Saudi?

I mean so many Hindus slaughter for the cause of earning, u think they will take the name
of Allah when they slaughter?They r not even Ahli kitab tat we can take their
slaughtering.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100807032122AAhKTuX

Above cited news being circulated to Muslim countries especially in Gulf region to
restrict the export of Indian meat. Controversy starts after the announcement of Algerian
government to import 4000 tons read meat from India to meet out their increasing
demand during the month of Ramzan. Since, it is new destination shown the interest to
import Indian meat, new wave of fatwas and false reports regarding Indian meat are
rumored around us that Indian meat are produced by Qadianies with the help of Israel and
forged Halal stamp are used to deceive the Muslim. Fake claims about the forged Halal
stamp and the belonging of Ahmedi Muslim to Indian meats are quoted by a report
published by World Assembly Muslim Youth (WAMY), an Islamic educational
organization based in the United Kingdom. To ensure the report, WAMY official are
contacted by us and they promptly replied “No such report has been published by
WAMY in the UK. Our office engages in community educational and Islam
awanreness programmes. Our work has no relation to such issues as Halal meat in
India”.
Indeed it is not the matter of Halal but the whole controversy is motivated by rivalry
among importers. Same concerns are raised by Djahid Zefzef, General Manager of the
Algerian Meat Packing Company, said that the controversy about Indian meat is not
related to Islamic slaughtering as much as it is a war between meat importers.

“We have previously imported meat from non-Muslim countries and no problems
happened,” he told Al Arabiya. “The 4,000 tons of Indian meat are all in accordance with
international standards.”
In response to concerns about whether the meat is halal, Zefzef stressed that the Algerian
government imports the meat from authorized Muslim slaughterhouses in India,
particularly in the western state of Maharashtra and the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.

Finally, Minister of Religious Affairs and Waqf Bouabdallah Ghlamallah said Monday
on 9th August 2010 in Algiers that meat imported from India is a Halal meat refuting all
allegations that it is unfit for Muslims consumption. A quarter of the population in India
estimated at over one billion are Muslims and meat imported from that country is Halal,
said the minister at a press conference on the campaign to chronic diseases in the margin
of a training meeting of imams and morchidates. On this occasion, Ghlamallah denied all
allegations that meat imported from India would be unfit for consumption.

Questions have been raised about the Halal certainty regarding the slaughtering methods
in Indian meat to create an atmosphere of suspicious. False imaginations are labeled that
being Hindu dominated country, Indian meat are slaughtered by Pagans without taking
the name of Allah and not accordance to Islamic way of bleed. It is pertinent to note
herein that India hosts the world’s third largest Muslim community and meat profession
is exclusively adopted by Muslims. More than ninety five percent producer and exporter
belong to Muslim community. Abattoirs and meat plants are owned by Muslim. Hindu
community is completely vegetarian and slaughtering practice is strictly prohibited
according to their religion.

India is the major producing and exporting country of bovine meat in the world. Indian
Meat industry has shown the annual growth of more than ten percent since 1990-91.
Unorganized sector has the greater share in meat production in comparison to registered
organized sector. The overall estimated production of meat was 6.5 million tonnes during
2007-08 while in recognized sector it was only 2.6 million tones. Maharashtra, Andhra
Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Karnataka, Rajasthan & Punjab are major
producing states of meat in India. Slaughter rate for cattle as a whole is 1.37%, for
buffaloes it is 3.54%, sheep 29.02% and 34.08% for goats in the year 2007-08. Average
yield rate per buffalo is higher than cattle. Poultry is highly slaughtered animal in India
followed by goat and ship. Details about the slaughtered animal can be better understood
through given table:
 Animals Slaughtered in India (2007-08)
Average
Number Yield
of No. of Rate Meat
Animals Animals Per Production
(In 000) Slaughtered Animal (In ' 000 Slaughter
Animal (2007) (In ' 000) (In Kg.) Tonne) Rate
Cattle 189973 2604 80 213 1.37
Buffalo 102454 3630 104 376 3.54
Sheep 68204 19794 20 263 29.02
Goat 133457 45483 11 488 34.08
Poultry 673604 1.26 849

Major quantities of produced meat specifically buffalo meat are exported in overseas
market since the domestic market doesn’t have the much demand due to religious
constraint in Hindu and Buddhism religion which constitute more than eighty percent
population of country. Beef export is prohibited by laws of India. In the year 2008-09,
total 462749.65 metric tone buffalo meat worth 1052.32 million dollar were exported.
Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippine and Middle East countries are major importing
destination. After beef, mutton is another meat products worth 107.27$ million, exported
major quantity to Middle East, Malaysia and Angola. Major quantity of poultry products
include eggs and meat (Quantity 1057016 metric tone worth 42205 million $) have been
exported to Afghanistan, Germany, Denmark, Angola, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and Japan

A big advantage for India is its livestock health status. India has always been free from
the dreaded Mad Cow Disease (BSE) and has been free from Rinderpest since 1995.
There has not been a single incidence of Contagious Bovine Pleuro Pneumonia (CBPP)
in India during the previous 12 years. Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) remains the only
issue of concern, though being controlled through various measures. During the year
2008, 2207 buffaloes are attacked and 454 are died due to different disease like
Hemorrhagic septicemia, foot & mouth disease etc. In the year 2008-09, government of
India released 11515 Lakh rupees for the control of diseases in animal. This amount is
one third portion of overall animal welfare fund.

Demand of Indian Meat is expanding in overseas market especially increasing demand of

buffalo’s meat in gulf and south eastern countries due to its lean character and it's near
organic nature. Adhering of Halal method in slaughter of animals is an important issue
for the consumers from Muslim world, therefore, prior to granting the registration
certificate to abattoirs /meat processing plants, it is mandatory to disclose the method of
slaughter whether Halal method for slaughter of animals practiced properly and record
about number of animals slaughtered kept by the representatives of the Islamic
organization also. Due to certainty of Halal compliance, India is favorite destination to
import the meat by gulf and Muslim countries due to its hygiene and Halal nature.
Pakistan, neighboring country of India, is also grooming its meat market according to
international standard and specifically the Halal market of Muslim countries to
accumulate the India’s share. According to media report by leading Pakistan’s
newspaper Dawn “In January, Malaysian Minister for Agriculture Seri bin Haji Omar
visited various private sector slaughter houses in Pakistan and held meetings with the
Food and Agriculture Minister Nazar Mohammad Gondal to discuss meat imports from
Pakistan. Pakistan has just started exporting halal meat to Malaysia. It is interesting to
note that the Malaysian government is importing two-third of its meat requirements from
India. So, Malaysia could import at least 60,000 tons of meat from Pakistan if it chooses
to do so.”

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