Monday, December 01, 2008

Britain to import army of halal butchers

Over 5,000 butchers from Pakistan would get employment in the halal meat industry of UK through Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between National Halal Foods Group (NHFG) of UK and Overseas Employment Cooperation of Pakistan. The MoU has been signed here at the Pakistan High Commission, London .

The MoU was signed by Community Welfare Councillor of Pakistan High Commission Muhammad Talha Saeed and Chief Executive Officer of NHFG Muhammad Zahid Yaqoob. Expressing his views Zahid Yaqoob said as a result of this MoU over 5000 butchers from Pakistan will be given employment in the UK for producing halal meat for the outlets in UK’s leading chains of supermarkets including ASDA and TESCO. He further said that there was a market of $50b of halal meat in which Pakistan can obtain its share by producing halal meat of international standards.

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