Madani Halal will become Queens’ third federally approved slaughterhouse once the $5 million Ozone Park facility is completed in July, according to the New York Daily News. The completion marks the end of a five-year project that transformed an auto-body shop into a professional slaughterhouse, allowing a father-and-son business to fill the increased demand for Halal products in their growing Muslim community. “We’re spending a lot more money to open a USDA facility, but it allows me to sell to supermarkets, butcher shops, across state lines and even internationally, said Imran Uddin, whose father, Riaz Uddin, started the business in 1997. There are about 200 slaughterhouses in New York City, but only seven are federally inspected. Seven more, not including Madani, have applied for USDA approval this year, federal agriculture officials said. [NYDN]