Ontario’s halal food scene is booming — from halal butcher shops in Mississauga to shawarma counters in Ottawa. If you’re planning to open a halal restaurant, bakery or market, here’s the practical checklist. 1. Legal setup Register your business (sole proprietorship or corporation) via Ontario Business Registry. Get municipal food handling licences — every city […]

Customers trust restaurants that can prove their halal claims. If you run or manage a halal kitchen in Canada, work through this checklist — it’s also what halal certifiers look for. Sourcing All meat from a certified halal supplier (ask for certificates each shipment). No pork, lard, gelatin, bacon fat or alcohol anywhere in the […]

“Halal” is Arabic for permissible. In food terms, halal means meals prepared the way Islamic law allows — no pork or alcohol, and meat from animals slaughtered according to Islamic guidelines. For Canada’s two million Muslims (and plenty of non-Muslim food lovers), halal is simply a mark of trust about what’s on the plate. The […]