who in some cases charge a higher price: Jes Knudsen notes: “Some of our vendors don’t think it is worthwhile to pay the extra costs and carry out the extra certification formalities. However, to Novozymes there is no doubt that these expenses are beneficial to our business. A growing number of
companies require certification”.
Hair in the food Indeed it is a subject worth considering. Almost one-fourth of the world’s population are Muslims, and although far from all of them are preoccupied with the phenomenon and many do not care at all, world trade with halal products in 2006
was considered by the Canadian authorities to amount to a value of USD150bn. Since then, demand has risen even more for products slaughtered, produced and treated in accordance with Muslim tradition, with one of the requirements being a ban of any contact with pork and alcohol. This is a market that has
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