Halal certification in Europe meat market through qualification practices that have created an image of "non-stunned meat" as being of authentic halal quality. Across Europe, halal meat markets are experiencing a period of unprecedented growth and development, though the intensity varies from country to country. In the UK and France there has been year-on-year growth for well over a decade, while in Germany the market is just starting to develop. The growth of these markets is in some way linked to the increasing number of Muslim immigrants across Europe and to the growing consumption of meat characteristic of vertical mobility amongst second and third
Western Market (Washington, D.C.) Western Market (Washington, D.C.) Western Market is a market that was located in the city of Washington, D.C. It originally opened in 1802 and closed in 1961. Western Market was one of the three marketplaces planned in Pierre L'Enfant's plan for Washington, DC. It also included Center Market and Eastern Market. It was opened in 1802 on 20th and H Streets, in the block between H and I Streets NW, 20th and 21st Streets NW, and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. This market closed in 1856. After its closing, Western Market moved to a new location at 21st and K Streets NW.