France's halal meat - is it the real thing?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11176949
"......Halal food is big business in France, and is growing fast. With the largest Muslim population in Europe at about six million, France's halal market it is already reckoned to be worth 5.5bn euros (£4.5bn) - twice the size of that for organic food.
While the burgers served at Quick are genuinely halal, experts have doubts about much of what is sold elsewhere.
Rachid Bakhalq, the owner of a halal supermarket in Nanterre, a suburb to the north of Paris, says the market is swamped with bogus products.
He told me "80% - most of the halal products based on meat - are not halal at all."......"
That Halal you're eating just might not be Halal. If there's a franc to be made.......