Week 4 Religious Food Products Flashcards
Canadas Muslim population
Canadas muslim population hit one millions in 2011 and is expected to triple to three millions by 2030
How are companies accomodating muslim consumers?
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
Halal expo Canada
How has kosher consumption in canada changed?
During the last decade the market for kosher food has increased on a yearly basis in North America.
Majority of kosher consumers?
mostly non-jew willing to spend more money based on assumption of food quality, general healthfulness and food safety
What info does the kosher label provide?
provides those with food allergies and inteolerances with information to help then identify dairy or meat free products
Kosher products compared to halal products
- kosher products far outnumber halal products in supermarkets in Canada and US
- Muslims may use Kosher food symbols to guide their choice
In Islam eating meat is regarded as _______
Halal
How might Muslim vegetarianism be viewed?
some believe that rejecting meat that has been allowed by God is haram
- believe vegetarianism and Islam is incompatable
What is an important religious festival for Muslims?
Eid al-Adha (feast of the sacrifice)
- sacrifice an animal
Where can Halal be purchased?
Halal meat can usually be purchased mostly from small, privately owned halal meat shops located in large cities
- somewhat coming into bigger supermarkets now
What is halal consumer purchasing influenced by?
primarly influenced by their confidence that meat is halal, not the price of the meat
canadian Halal market
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
What makes meat Halal?
- slaughtered by hand
- blood drained
- meat blessed
Slaughter regulations in Canada?
How do Muslims know if meat at grocery stores and restaurants are Halal?
Halal authenticity
- owners are known Muslims
- Halal sign in window
- Halal certified product
two most common Halal certified organizations in Canada
- Islamic food and nutrition council of Canada (IFANCC)
- Canadas Halal monitoring authority (HMA)
role of Halal certified organizations in Canada
- Inspects ingredients in food production procedures
- conduct audits of facilities
- requires authorized slaughter
In Canada how is Halal fraud prevented?
- 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
The Islamic food and nutrition council of Canada (IFANCC)
what does the Canadian food inspection agency now require about Halal food labels?
Identify the person or organization who is certified the product.
Why do some Canadian Muslims think that regulation of food labels needs to go even further than just seeing the organization?
- 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
what makes kosher meat production expensive?
- requires trained Jewish slaughter
- meat inspections
- kashering
Why do kosher certification bodies exist?
The kosher meat sector can be affected by fraudulent behaviour and mislabelling practices
what is Canada’s largest kosher certification agency?
COR
- Certifying approximately 70,000 products at 1000 facilities across Canada and internationally
Hechshers
Jewish product certification symbols
what are Jewish product certification symbols called?
Hechshers
What foods do not require Hechshers?
fresh fruits and veggies, sugar, flour, pure juices (except grape), coffee and tea
- usually still have it
why does milk in Canada not require a kosher symbol?
Because it is assumed that there has been no cross-contamination with meat or meat derivatives during its production
Paravere Kosher foods
Kosher foods that are considered neutral (not dairy or meat) have the word Pareve or Parve after the kosher symbol
symbol for kosher dairy product
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
What is Kosher DE?
Kosher DE mean Dairy Equipment
Where might Kosher DE be included?
- 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
Symbol for Passover Kosher foods
Hechshers with a P imply kosher for Passover
What are passover KOsher foods?
- 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
Role of food service and religious dietary practices
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
why are metal services in a kosher kitchen blessed with a blow torch?
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.
What makes knives kosher?
Knives that have not touched anything
