{"id":2887,"date":"2007-11-13T17:48:58","date_gmt":"2007-11-13T17:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2007\/11\/13\/halal-group-defends-criticism-over-asda-stock\/"},"modified":"2016-01-06T17:25:04","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T17:25:04","slug":"halal-group-defends-criticism-over-asda-stock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2007\/11\/13\/halal-group-defends-criticism-over-asda-stock\/","title":{"rendered":"Halal group defends criticism over Asda stock"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A CITY Halal group have moved to defend themselves over criticism levied at supermarket giant Asda by animal rights activists for allowing the group to sell Halal meat at a Birmingham branch.<\/strong> <\/div>\n

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The National Halal Food Group will sell its Mr Halal brand for the first time in the Small Heath Asda branch in Birmingham next month. <\/div>\n

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But the supermarket has come under attack from animal rights activists who say they should not sell the meat because of animal cruelty. <\/div>\n

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Vegetarians International Voice for Animals (Viva) criticised the Halal method in which animals are not stunned before their throats are cut. <\/div>\n

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Muhammed Zahid Yaqoob, chief executive of the National Halal Food Group told The Asian Today demand for the Mr Halal brand had been \u201coverwhelming\u201d.<\/div>\n

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He said: \u201cThe feedback by customers and the local community has alhamdulillah been overwhelming and the \u2018one stop shop\u2019 concept has been appreciated. <\/div>\n

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“There is a lot of ignorance and misconception surrounding the traditional method of slaughter.” <\/div>\n

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“Prior to its death, the animal is treated well, fed and watered in a calm atmosphere before it dies. But with the stun method the animal is often killed alongside other animals like a factory line process.” <\/div>\n

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Asda also defended the move saying the Mr Halal brand was being trialled at the one branch in Small Heath which is situated in a predominantly Muslim area. <\/div>\n

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A spokesman for Asda told trade magazine The Grocer the meat would only be sold through a third-party concession at the branch and would not carry the Asda own label. <\/div>\n

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“It is not being run by us, it’s being run by the National Halal Food Group which sells the Mr Halal brand,” said the spokesman. <\/div>\n

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“It’s just a trial in a single store. The reason it’s there is because of customer demands in that area. Similar demands have not been made elsewhere.” <\/div>\n

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A CITY Halal group have moved to defend themselves over criticism levied at supermarket giant Asda by animal rights activists for allowing the group to sell Halal meat at a Birmingham branch. The National Halal Food Group will sell its Mr Halal brand for the first time in the Small Heath Asda branch in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}