Overwhelming demand for halal food at Rio Olympics prompting organizers to increase supply
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As much as 70 tons of halal poultry and meat, and 8,000 meals a day, were planned to be supplied to the 2016 Rio Olympics, but organizers are already looking at increasing these amounts due to an unexpected overwhelming demand, the event's halal food coordinator, the Islamic Center of Brazil, told Salaam Gateway.
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