Halal foods, prescribed for Muslims by Islamic law, are being regulated for the first time by the Department of Agriculture. The trade in halal products is worth $1 billion a year, by official estimate. Canada’s Halal Monitoring Authority noted Muslims on average eat almost twice as much meat as other Canadians.
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