Christien Meindertsma, an artist based in the Netherlands, once set about tracing all of the products made using the parts of one animal.
Three years later, in 2009, she published a book called Pig 05049 that proved pieces of one pig, the 05049 of the title, ended up in 185 separate products, from toothpaste to dough improver and desserts. The pig is an animal considered haram, or not to be consumed, by Muslims.
Industry specialists say Meindertsma's book offers a lesson for everyone about how the processing of products has changed in the globalised world - and why it is important to know what is in the food we eat and items we use.
Halal, which means permissible, not only covers food and drink, but anything that can be used in daily life, including drugs and cosmetics.
The size of the halal industry globally is enormous - worth an estimated US$2.1 trillion (Dh7.71tn) annually and growing.
Yet the UAE's industry is tiny in comparison, at just $550 million. However, it has a proportionally bigger share of halal trade, which was estimated to be $3.6 billion in 2010 and projected to grow to $8.4bn in 2020.
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Read more: http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/industry-insights/retail/golden-halal-opportunity-beckons-at-heart-of-islamic-world#ixzz2L8yJNc68 Yet the UAE's industry is tiny in comparison, at just $550 million. However, it has a proportionally bigger share of halal trade, which was estimated to be $3.6 billion in 2010 and projected to grow to $8.4bn in 2020.
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