By Sara Malm PUBLISHED: 05:21 EST, 3 December 2013 | UPDATED: 09:03 EST, 3 December 2013 Muslims in Norway will be able to follow local Christmas food traditions this year, after a butcher unveiled the country’s first halal reindeer meat. Harry Dyrstad, owner of specialist wildlife abattoir Vilteksperten, north of Trondheim, enlisted the help of a certified halal butcher and has 100 reindeer ready to be sent off to the shops. The butcher has had interest from as far afield as Dubai, and he is looking forward to bringing reindeer to the previously unexplored Muslim market.
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Norwegian abattoir has slaughtered 100 reindeer the halal way
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The owner is planning on sending the meat as far as Dubai
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Harry Dyrstad is also preparing to cure reindeer to produce a halal ham
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