http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk This is the RSS syndication feed for MeatTradeNewsDaily.co.uk. McDonald's Arabia has announced imports of Halal chicken, to its 369 restaurants across the GCC region recorded more than 12,000 tons in 2012. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/180313/kuwait___mcdonalds_import__tons_of_halal_poultry_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 31 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT the opening ceremony of the three day event entitled: "Towards the Effective Management of the Halal Industry," the Ministry Undersecretary Dr. Adel Al-Falah said: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs plays a major role in spreading Islamic knowledge among Muslims. The Islamic world is facing immense challenges concerning the food it consumes, which is often not guaranteed to be "halal." http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/240113/kuwait___second_gulf_conference_on_the_halal_industry_kicks_off.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The board chairman of Kuwait’s Al-Wuhaib poultry company, Hamid Al-Wuhaib, said Kuwaiti poultry farm owners are suffering from the problems and challenges that come with the world-wide increase in production costs. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/161012/kuwait___poultry_production_problems_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Three commercial shops selling foodstuffs containing pork materials and lard have been sealed off by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/180912/kuwait___pork_shops_closed_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT The ministry of commerce and industry (MCI) recently began a media campaign in which it claimed to control meat prices during the Holy Month of Ramadan and stressed that consumers and citizens had nothing to worry about. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020812/kuwait____the_rising_cost_of_meat_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 05 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Recession has hit the Meat Market in Shuwaikh area, and shop owners have given up because of low demand for Arab and imported sheep. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/120412/kuwait___meat_market_slows_down_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Kuwait Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAFR) has banned all poultry, eggs, and chicks from Sri Lanka because of the emergence of bird-flu cases in the country. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/190312/kuwait___new_poultry_bans_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT A member of the Municipal Council, Jenan Bushahri, has revealed that a consignment of frozen chicken which was imported into the country through the Shuwaikh Port was unfit for human consumption, reports Annahar daily. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/130312/kuwait___salmonella_in_poultry_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Government of Kuwait issued Ministerial Decree # 36/2012, lifting the ban on imports of US poultry meat, of all types and table eggs, effective immediately. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/120312/kuwait___poultry_import_bans_lifted_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT In spite of the rise, current prices are seven per cent less when compared to the same period last year, according to the Kuwait Foodstuff Merchants and Manufacturers Union Chairman Abdallah Al-Baijan. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/060312/kuwait___rise_in_meat_prices.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT Kuwait's Public Authority of Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources yesterday announced a ban on imports of birds and eggs from Iran. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/021211/kuwait___poultry_ban_imposed.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sun, 04 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT "The government took the right decision by closing poultry shops as many of them were in residential areas and were not following the required procedures while slaughtering chickens. Improper conditions cause health problems to those working in the shops and the consumers as well," Al-Watan Arabic daily quoted biology professor in the Science Sector at the Basic Training Faculty of Public Authority for Applied Education and Training, Dr Bahija Behbehani, as saying. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/191011/kuwait___closing_poultry_shops.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT No advisory notice has been issued to the owners of live poultry outlets instructing them to shut down, according to staff at a number of these stores in Salmiya. Kuwait Times reports that although a number of Arabic language papers had reported the closure of some live poultry outlets in Kuwait as a "precautionary measure" to avert the possibility of any spread of the potentially deadly avian flu (bird flu) virus, workers at a number of these stores were adamant that they had received any such official notification. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/121011/kuwait___poultry_slaughter_problems.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT The Assistant Undersecretary for Commercial Inspection Affairs at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry Abdullah Al-Ali has issued a series of directives to tighten the monitoring of markets to stamp out artificial price hikes and protect the consumers from cheats, according to Arab Times, citing Al-Shahed daily, which quoted reliable sources. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/111011/kuwait___changes_to_poultry_industry.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT The legal affairs committee of Kuwait Municipality yesterday (22 June) rejected a request by several poultry companies to grant them licences to establish poultry slaughterhouses in the farm area of Al-Wafra. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/150711/kuwait___poultry_abattoir_problems.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT Resolutions from the ‘First Gulf Conference on Halal and its Services’ http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/170211/kuwait___the_halal_meat_industry.aspx halalfocus Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT "The First Gulf Conference on Halal Industry and its Services". Organized by Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs State of Kuwait, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research and GCC Standardization Organization. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/030211/kuwait___kuwait_resolutions_supports_the_banning_of_machine_slaughter_for_halal.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sat, 05 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT NBK Capital, an investment fund owned by the National Bank of Kuwait, or NBK, has acquired a 20 per cent stake in Turkey's leading aquaculture firm, Kiliç Deniz, according to a company statement. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140111/kuwait___fish_farming_in_turkey_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT A new scandal is threatening to rock the country with reports that pork was distributed among an unidentified non-Muslim Asian community during Christmas and New Year celebrations last year and that the pork was distributed by employees of the Asian embassy, reports Al-Dar daily. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/061210/kuwait___contaminated_halal_meat_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 06 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT A scientific researcher at Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research has initiated a project aiming to improve food safety and production in the country as consumption of meat and poultry increases. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/300910/kuwait___the_poultry_industry_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT A scientific researcher at KISR announced yesterday (22 September) that the increasing consumption of meat and poultry in the last period has led the Institute to start a project aiming to improve food safety and production in Kuwait. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/041010/kuwait___improving_the_poultry_industry.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 04 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT The health of at least 50,000 people is at risk after it was disclosed 17,000 cartons of chicken believed to be unfit for human consumption were distributed in the local market, reports Al-Qabas daily. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/310810/kuwait___poulty_cartons_condemned_.aspx 5mpublishing Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT Livestock Transport & Trading Co recently visited Uruguay for examining prospects of importing sheep from there. Another team is due to visit Mongolia, Georgia and Azerbaijan next week. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/180510/kuwait___shhep_from_uruguay_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Wed, 12 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT ONE sentence probably best sums up the current level of demand for sheep in the Middle East region: “Just give me the sheep and I will buy them.” They were the words of one of the Gulf region’s largest livestock importers, Ahmad Al-Majed, deputy manager of international trading for the Kuwait Livestock Transport and Trading Company (KLTT). http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/070410/kuwait___big_demand_for_sheep_.aspx farmonline.com.au Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT The governments of Philippines and Kuwait have agreed to expand trade and investments by exploring ways to improve trade relations and ease the flow of goods, services, and investments between the two countries http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/050110/kuwait___trade_deal_with_philippines.aspx gulfnews.com Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT Kuwait's sovereign wealth fund said it had sold its stake in US bank Citigroup, making US$1.1 billion in profit http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/071209/kuwait___us_billion_profit_from_us_banking_venture.aspx buenosairesherald Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Opportunity is expected to knock for Canadian agri-food exporters through a new agreement on economic co-operation between Canada and Kuwait. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/101109/kuwait___beef_from_canada.aspx gulfnews.com Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Kuwait has suspended poultry imports from Spain and Russia after the discovery of bird flu in the two countries, the state news agency KUNA said on Thursday. The Gulf Arab http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020809/kuwait___ban_on_poultry_imports.aspx gulfnews.com Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT Kuwait City: Kuwait's state news agency is reporting that several US soldiers passing through the country have been infected with swine flu. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/280509/kuwait___us_soldiers_with_swine_flu.aspx . Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT