It does get very confusing because in the West there are different categories created: halal, zabihah halal, haraam, and then there’s kosher. The extra confusion is created because some people use the Qur’an, others use the Hadiths, and then some go by the fatwas to support the different categories. Kosher is beyond the absence of pork. It also excludes shellfish, but it has VERY similar rules on how to sacrifice the animal. Some people believe that meat from Ahle Kitaab is permissible, so it is labeled as halal. But because there is uncertainty regarding how the animal has been sacrificed, it is not labeled as zabihah halal. Zabihah halal means that the animal is slaughtered according to Islamic rules while saying the Takbeer
ya thats what I have been seeing, everyone sort of has their own version of it, its all about making things convenient for us than anything else, we make religion way too complicated.