Fleurieu Milk reinstates Halal accreditation.

[pct001wine]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-21/halal-certification-fleurieu-milk-yoghurt-emirates-deal/648832...

Good to see this local company, contributing to our economy and employing Australians, has reversed its decision to not have Halal accreditation for their excellent dairy products.

They stood up to the ignorant on-line bullies and thugs who harrassed them in the first place to change their mind.

Cue all those "Waa waa will NEVER buy milk from Fleurieu Milk & Yoghurt Company again waa waa waa.  Would rather buy from Parmalat or some other foreign-owned multinational dairy company that rips off their farmers and screws their consumers and makes carpy product but that's OK because we aren't funding ISIS waaaa waaaaa waaaa."

[i-need-a-martini]

It sounds as if they made an informed and rational decision. 

Now lets wait for uninformed and irrational comments about their decision.

[icyfroth]

Just goes to show how powerful the Halal councils and the Muslims have become in Australia.

No doubt Fleurieu had to bow to Halal certification or be driven out of business.

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@icyfroth wrote:

Just goes to show how powerful the Halal councils and the Muslims have become in Australia.

No doubt Fleurieu had to bow to Halal certification or be driven out of business.

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That would have to be one of the most uninformed posts I have read on the subject.Fleurieu's decision has nothing to do with pressure from Australian Muslims. The local market is comparitively tiny and if Australian Muslims stopped buying from them the effect on their sales would be negligible.  The main reason they need Halal certification  is to maintain their very lucrative contract with Emirates Airlines - who, as a business, are presumably entitled to include whatever conditions they choose in their contracts.

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@bushies.girl wrote:

What an absolute load of Carp!  

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No, they are milk vendors, not fishmongers.

[azureline**]

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@icyfroth wrote:

Just goes to show how powerful the Halal councils and the Muslims have become in Australia.

No doubt Fleurieu had to bow to Halal certification or be driven out of business.

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No doubt they wanted the Etihad contract..........they do good local business so would not be driven out.

[boris1gary]

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@azureline** wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

Just goes to show how powerful the Halal councils and the Muslims have become in Australia.

No doubt Fleurieu had to bow to Halal certification or be driven out of business.

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No doubt they wanted the Etihad contract..........they do good local business so would not be driven out.

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@icyfroth wrote:

Just goes to show how powerful the Halal councils and the Muslims have become in Australia.

and goes to show just how moronic the loud but oh so annoying anti halal people are, to be fair they are great fun to laugh at though. 

[bushies.girl]

Yeah whatever  .....  

[polksaladallie]

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

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@bushies.girl wrote:

What an absolute load of Carp!  

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No, they are milk vendors, not fishmongers.

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But are carp halal?

[iapetus_rocks]

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

Standing straight and strong in the face of bullies and haters and doing your own thing in spite of them - what better example could there be of  of uplholding those "true blue Aussie values" some people make sush a fuss about.

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But then you go on to say in a later post

" The main reason they need Halal certification  is to maintain their very lucrative contract with Emirates Airlines - who, as a business, are presumably entitled to include whatever conditions they choose in their contracts. .. "

So, which is it; the courageous little company standing "straight and strong" and acting from a position of principle, or is it just a dispassionate, carefully calculated business decision?

It's all good publicity, in any case.

[i-need-a-martini]

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@bushies.girl wrote:

Yeah whatever  .....  

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Your favourite word this week?