Shockwaves from
Brazil – An Exposé
In October 2007, HMC was approached by a Global meat supplier and manufacturer to investigate and inspect on its behalf the
Brazilian ‘Halal’ market. Brazil, along with Australia and New Zealand are the world’s
largest exporters of meat and processed products feeding the global hunger for Halal
Products. Much of these supplies head to the Middle Eastern countries including
Saudi Arabia; UAE, Dubai, Oman, Qatar, Africa and Europe.
This month we reveal the shocking and confi dential fi ndings of our man from his
trip through the wild west of Brazil and the practices from a continent apart.
Nevertheless, meat and poultry finds its way to our palates in a global world where
distances have shrunk and we the Ummah consume blindly in good faith – Allah
forgive us all for our lack of knowledge and shortcomings.
Travelling 12,500 miles by air and covering 1,800 miles by land, working through the
night across the vast terrains of Brazil, this expose uncovers the malpractices in Brazil
- one of the world’s largest suppliers of the Halal food industry.
This investigation attempted access to 18 of the largest abattoirs in Brazil. According to
the Brazilian Poultry Exporters Association, a staggering 718,000 tons of chicken were
exported to the Middle east from January to September 2007 and 402,000 tons to the
European Union during the same period. By the grace of the Almighty we gained
access and enquiries were made of 11 abattoirs and the findings were unfortunately quite shocking:
• No Muslim slaughtermen at many of the
sites
• No recitation of Tasmiyah (name of Allah)
• Stunning prevalent at the majority of the
sites (risk of many animals being dead
at the point of slaughter)
• No knowledge of Halal and its basic
rules
• Mechanical slaughter used at majority of
sites
To some extent, it comes as no surprise to HMC as it has consistently found malpractice
in the name of Halal – the most abused brand in the world. The vegetarian
society (v) is protected more than the 1400 year old Halal engrave which stands
unprotected – Allah forgive us. This so-called ‘Halal’ meat then fi nds its
way to our holiest of cities, self certifi ed by many scrupulous practices under the guise
of Halal. The scale of the operations has even alarmed us and the many genuine organisations across the Middle East.
HMC continues to promote genuine Halal and once again the need and rigour of
a continuous monitoring and inspection system is confi rmed to guarantee the provision of Halal to the Muslim Ummah
– “Your Seal of Assurance”
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