A New Menu

A U.S. based company has been certified now to sell its packaged food pre-mix in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Its Danish plant has received the stamp of approval as halal-compliant from the Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America, based in Chicago. The Business Review:

To earn the certification the company had to meet Islamic guidelines on hygiene, dietary regulations, raw material processing and packaging.

The Sun Times has a story on the growing number of restaurants, now including fast food franchises, which offer this specially-prepared food:

Until recently, the restaurants where they could be assured of this were mostly mom-and-pop operations serving their native dishes.

But increasingly, fast-food restaurants are meeting the needs of Muslim diners with Western tastes by offering menu items that are halal-certified.

The melting pot is on the new menu.

And for a little Danish-American solidarity, view Chicago Hitchens-inspired Rally Pix here and here.