Week 4 Religious Food Products

Question 1

Canadas Muslim population

Answer 1

Canadas muslim population hit one millions in 2011 and is expected to triple to three millions by 2030

Question 2

How are companies accomodating muslim consumers?

Answer 2

companies such as Nestlé Walmart Kentucky fried chicken Campbell’s McDonald’s etc. are developing strategies to peel to Muslim consumers such as Halal certified food

Question 3

Halal expo Canada

Answer 3

Question 4

How has kosher consumption in canada changed?

Answer 4

During the last decade the market for kosher food has increased on a yearly basis in North America.

Question 5

Majority of kosher consumers?

Answer 5

mostly non-jew willing to spend more money based on assumption of food quality, general healthfulness and food safety

Question 6

What info does the kosher label provide?

Answer 6

provides those with food allergies and inteolerances with information to help then identify dairy or meat free products

Question 7

Kosher products compared to halal products

Answer 7

• kosher products far outnumber halal products in supermarkets in Canada and US
• Muslims may use Kosher food symbols to guide their choice

Question 8

In Islam eating meat is regarded as _______

Answer 8

Halal

Question 9

How might Muslim vegetarianism be viewed?

Answer 9

some believe that rejecting meat that has been allowed by God is haram

• believe vegetarianism and Islam is incompatable

Question 10

What is an important religious festival for Muslims?

Answer 10

Eid al-Adha (feast of the sacrifice)

• sacrifice an animal

Question 11

Where can Halal be purchased?

Answer 11

Halal meat can usually be purchased mostly from small, privately owned halal meat shops located in large cities

• somewhat coming into bigger supermarkets now

Question 12

What is halal consumer purchasing influenced by?

Answer 12

primarly influenced by their confidence that meat is halal, not the price of the meat

Question 14

canadian Halal market

Answer 14

highly profitable

• Alberta Department of Agriculture call the Halal industry: one of the biggest opportunities open to Alberta producers and processors
• MOre alberte beef producers are obtaining halal certification

Question 15

What makes meat Halal?

Answer 15

• slaughtered by hand
• blood drained
• meat blessed

Question 16

Slaughter regulations in Canada?

Answer 16

Question 17

How do Muslims know if meat at grocery stores and restaurants are Halal?

Answer 17

Halal authenticity

• owners are known Muslims
• Halal sign in window
• Halal certified product

Question 18

two most common Halal certified organizations in Canada

Answer 18

• Islamic food and nutrition council of Canada (IFANCC)
• Canadas Halal monitoring authority (HMA)

Question 19

role of Halal certified organizations in Canada

Answer 19

• Inspects ingredients in food production procedures
• conduct audits of facilities
• requires authorized slaughter

Question 20

In Canada how is Halal fraud prevented?

Answer 20

• Products are not allowed to say Halal unless the name of the person or body that is certified the food is Halal is indicated on the label
• Hello claims must be truthful and not misleading so people can make informed decision

Question 21

Answer 21

The Islamic food and nutrition council of Canada (IFANCC)

Question 22

what does the Canadian food inspection agency now require about Halal food labels?

Answer 22

Identify the person or organization who is certified the product.

Question 23

Why do some Canadian Muslims think that regulation of food labels needs to go even further than just seeing the organization?

Answer 23

• Worried that the new rules don’t determine who gets to certify halal Foods
• no unified certifying body to certify the certifiers
• hard for government to get involved because these are different interpretations of Whole Foods.
• Communities should form one standard and food companies should seek out most reputable Halal organizations

Question 24

what makes kosher meat production expensive?

Answer 24

• requires trained Jewish slaughter
• meat inspections
• kashering

Question 25

Why do kosher certification bodies exist?

Answer 25

The kosher meat sector can be affected by fraudulent behaviour and mislabelling practices

Question 26

what is Canada’s largest kosher certification agency?

Answer 26

COR

• Certifying approximately 70,000 products at 1000 facilities across Canada and internationally

Question 27

Hechshers

Answer 27

Jewish product certification symbols

Question 28

what are Jewish product certification symbols called?

Answer 28

Hechshers

Question 29

What foods do not require Hechshers?

Answer 29

fresh fruits and veggies, sugar, flour, pure juices (except grape), coffee and tea

• usually still have it

Question 30

why does milk in Canada not require a kosher symbol?

Answer 30

Because it is assumed that there has been no cross-contamination with meat or meat derivatives during its production

Question 31

Paravere Kosher foods

Answer 31

Kosher foods that are considered neutral (not dairy or meat) have the word Pareve or Parve after the kosher symbol

Question 32

symbol for kosher dairy product

Answer 32

Symbol with D or dairy indicates a kosher dairy product which contains milk, a dairy ingredient, dairy derivatives or the product was made on equipment also used for making dairy products

Question 33

What is Kosher DE?

Answer 33

Kosher DE mean Dairy Equipment

Question 34

Where might Kosher DE be included?

Answer 34

• DE is included on parve of products that have been manufactured on equipment which is also used to produce dairy products
• Although the food does not contain dairy (in theory) for an Orthodox Jew the food cannot be consumed with a meat product

Question 35

Symbol for Passover Kosher foods

Answer 35

Hechshers with a P imply kosher for Passover

Question 36

What are passover KOsher foods?

Answer 36

• The product does not contain grains such as wheat oats spelt barley and rye but does allow wheat in Maztah
  
  • disagreement around types of grains

Question 37

Role of food service and religious dietary practices

Answer 37

It is important for food service managers to understand the different dietary practises followed by Canadians including religious dietary restrictions

• purchase specially prepared and sealed meals from certified supplier (kosher and halal)
• consider serving vegetarian or vegan meals
• offer meal options with or without ritual slaughter

Question 38

why are metal services in a kosher kitchen blessed with a blow torch?

Answer 38

Every surface food will touch including the tools are blessed with a blow torch because Meadows Porres and need to extract any impurities from the pores.

Question 39

What makes knives kosher?

Answer 39

Knives that have not touched anything