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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - British supermarket chain Tesco will sell Malaysian halal products in its London stores starting next year in an effort to cater to the city's large Muslim population, news reports said Saturday.
Tesco Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. will buy locally produced halal food — which conforms to Islamic dietary rules — worth 1 billion ringgit ($278 million) over the next five years for sale in Britain, national news agency Bernama and local dailies reported.
The export of Malaysian halal products will "help Malaysia to develop quickly into a global halal hub," Bernama quoted Tesco Malaysia chief executive James McCaan as saying in Ipoh, the capital of the northern state of Perak.
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