Chiang Mai organizes halal fair until Feb 9

CHIANG MAI, 8 February 2014 (NNT) – The Chiang Mai Halal International Fair is being organized in the northern province of Chiang Mai until this Sunday, offering a large selection of halal products both from Thailand and other ASEAN nations.

Taking place at Central Plaza Chiang Mai Airport, the Chiang Mai Halal International Fair was kicked off on February 6 and will run until tomorrow. The event primarily aims to enhance the knowledge base in the production of halal goods and increase the number of SME operators in the halal industry who can meet the international and Islamic standards. Moreover, it is expected to help open more opportunities for local halal producers, create a business network for them and promote their potential to prospective customers from around the globe.

Over 200 booths within the fair are displaying a wide variety of halal products and related services, not only by Thai entrepreneurs but also those from across the ASEAN region. There are also exhibitions by related organizations, business matching activities, halal cooking courses and special lectures.

Each year, Thailand supplies 25 billion US dollars’ worth of food products to the world. Up to 20% of the items, valued at about 4.8 billion dollars, are halal products delivered to consumers in 57 Muslim countries. Thailand is currently the world’s fifth largest halal exporter and has set a target to become number one.

-- NNT 2014-02-08

With the hygiene standards, Thailand is maintaining, I have no doubt that they will be soon number 1.

If they want to "increase the knowledge base in the production of halal goods" I hope they'll have live demonstrations of the barbaric way in which they slaughter animals without any prestunning.

I am not pro halal as it descriminates on religious grounds as it can only be prepared by muslims. Even so I must applaud how Thailand has managed to become such a significant world player in this market.

Do you really think HALAL should be supported and have a FAIR

HELL NO

its barbaric, horrific, and should be outlawed

Watch and educate yourself on HALAL and then decide who the animals really are.

While this is a UK video the process is the same on how they kill the animals by slitting their throats and letting them choke on their own Blood and then watch how they have to bleed out WHILE STILL ALIVE.

How anyone can support this is beyond me if you are not familiar with HALAL then watch this video which will explain it and show you.

http://youtu.be/LAQJ-FZo1cA

If they could make a halal Chinese hybrid, it would feed the rapidly emerging new players.

I am not pro halal as it descriminates on religious grounds as it can only be prepared by muslims. Even so I must applaud how Thailand has managed to become such a significant world player in this market.

It is quite staggering that Thailand should be so actively involved in such unspeakable barbarism.

It is quite staggering that Thailand should be so actively involved in such unspeakable barbarism.

But then are so many other countries. In the UK far more halal meat is produce than is eaten by the Moslem community. The excess is sold (often unlabelled as such) to schools, hospitals and supermarkets.

Personally I find it offensive to be served meat from an animal butchered inhumanely and whose slaughter is dedicated to a pagan moon god - but in the UK (and many other countries) I can't avoid it. It bothers me that virtually all the beef I see for sale in Thailand has been so slaughtered.

Not much beef produced here, very little sheep & goats. Wonder how much pork byproduct gets into the finished halal product

Do the readers know here that all the onboard food (except the pork dishes) served by Thai Airways is halal??? I cound not believe but it was mentioned in the editorial of their SAWASDEE magazine some years ago. And the editor seemed proud about.

Flying the gulf airlines is much fairer as you know (and are told on the menues) that they halal the food. Avoid any meats and stick to (vegt.) pasta, vegetables and sea food.

Do the readers know here that all the onboard food (except the pork dishes) served by Thai Airways is halal??? I cound not believe but it was mentioned in the editorial of their SAWASDEE magazine some years ago. And the editor seemed proud about.

Flying the gulf airlines is much fairer as you know (and are told on the menues) that they halal the food. Avoid any meats and stick to (vegt.) pasta, vegetables and sea food.

Why?

There was such a fair planned at Stuttgart/Germany (I am not 100% sure about the location!), but soon after it was cancelled. Nobody cared. At least not enough.

Good.

Wow look at you guys having a whinge at halal food. Just because they slit its throat the old fashioned way.. I can post countless videos of farms in europe beating animals to death.

Cramming chickens in to small boxes and cages. Unless you've actually slaughtered your own meat, then your just being a hypocrite.

I bet your happy to eat your sunday eggs from caged chickens but have a cry over halal food.

I think you might have Isalamicphobia

(Edit: The only country in the world with the highest standards for animals is Australia.)

So many western minded hypocrites to be found here

I see the lefties are out already

Wow look at you guys having a whinge at halal food. Just because they slit its throat the old fashioned way.. I can post countless videos of farms in europe beating animals to death.

Cramming chickens in to small boxes and cages. Unless you've actually slaughtered your own meat, then your just being a hypocrite.

I bet your happy to eat your sunday eggs from caged chickens but have a cry over halal food.

I think you might have Isalamicphobia

(Edit: The only country in the world with the highest standards for animals is Australia.)

Really. You have to kill to eat meat. Halal It's just killing the old fashion way. What is the new fashion way that is so humane and so moral?

Sayonrax I don't think they are Islamicphobes.

They are worse.

They are vegans.

When are we going to get the song and dance about kosher slaughter then?

When are we going to get the song and dance about kosher slaughter then?

ALL inhumane treatment of animals, for whatever reason, is absolutely disgusting and unacceptable.

Who here slaughters their own meat?

If no one then I supposed the majority here only has a 'he say, she said' or from the infamous videos on the net.

Either way, if you take eggs wouldn't that be more inhumane?

Bugger isn't even born yet?

A notch higher would be balut?

(A Philippino staple)

Btw I like mine sunny side up pleeeeAse!

somtam palah