{"id":14549,"date":"2025-08-06T08:10:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T20:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=14549"},"modified":"2025-08-06T14:35:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T02:35:32","slug":"fijian-islamic-scholars-visit-new-zealands-mechanically-killed-chicken-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=14549","title":{"rendered":"Fijian Islamic Scholars Visit New Zealand\u2019s Semi Mechanically-Killed Chicken Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"154\" data-end=\"412\">RADIO APNA NZ NEWS<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"154\" data-end=\"412\">A delegation of prominent Islamic scholars from Fiji has recently visited the Ingham\u2019s chicken processing plant in New Zealand, where chickens are semi-mechanically slaughtered and certified halal by the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ).<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"414\" data-end=\"649\">The visit was organized by the Fiji Muslim League (FML) to independently assess whether semi &#8211; mechanically slaughtered chicken and its related products meet halal requirements and are suitable for consumption by the Muslim community in Fiji.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"651\" data-end=\"919\">Leading the delegation was Mufti Saizad, head of Consumer Affairs at the Fiji Muslim League, accompanied by other senior scholars representing the organization. The team conducted a detailed inspection of the Ingham plant\u2019s processes and halal certification practices.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"921\" data-end=\"1119\">It is understood that some Ingham products are already being consumed by Muslims in Fiji, which prompted the League to conduct its own evaluation of the plant&#8217;s compliance with Islamic dietary laws.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1121\" data-end=\"1298\">According to sources, the delegation has submitted its findings to the Fiji Muslim League\u2019s head office, and discussions regarding the report took place on Monday night in Fiji.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1300\" data-end=\"1495\">Radio Apna News has contacted the Fiji Muslim League for comment and is currently awaiting an official response on the outcome of the visit. Questions were emailed to the organization on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RADIO APNA NZ NEWS A delegation of prominent Islamic scholars from Fiji has recently visited the Ingham\u2019s chicken processing plant in New Zealand, where chickens are semi-mechanically slaughtered and certified halal by the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ). The visit was organized by the Fiji Muslim League (FML) to independently assess whether [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":14550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175,222,174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fiji-news","category-latest-news","category-nz-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14549"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14560,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14549\/revisions\/14560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}