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]

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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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* wondering out loud to no-one in particular* Do people outside these forums happily engage their mouth before their brain and are they happy to appear to possess minor rational thought as much as they are on here? Or is it just the anonymity of a computer screen?

Icy - export market. Export. Market.

Nothing to do with Halal Councils or Muslims in Australia.

[i-need-a-martini]

And welcome back Boris.

[icyfroth]

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@i-need-a-martini 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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* wondering out loud to no-one in particular* Do people outside these forums happily engage their mouth before their brain and are they happy to appear to possess minor rational thought as much as they are on here? Or is it just the anonymity of a computer screen?

Icy - export market. Export. Market.

Nothing to do with Halal Councils or Muslims in Australia.

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Everything to do with Australian Producers, Martini. Australian. Producers. Some of whom don't contravene Halal laws with their product anyway, in the case of Fleurieu.

[icyfroth]

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@i-need-a-martini 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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* wondering out loud to no-one in particular* Do people outside these forums happily engage their mouth before their brain and are they happy to appear to possess minor rational thought as much as they are on here? Or is it just the anonymity of a computer screen?

Icy - export market. Export. Market.

Nothing to do with Halal Councils or Muslims in Australia.

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Everything to do with Australian Producers, Martini. Australian. Producers.

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Yeah welcome back Boris. Where've you been? We missed you!

[*pepe]

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@iapetus_rocks wrote:

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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.

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oh look at you being realistic instead of fanciful.

[icyfroth]

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@the_great_she_elephant 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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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.

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In fact I said how powerful " Muslims have become in Australia". Not how powerful Australiam Muslims have become. Although that's just a matter of time.

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@iapetus_rocks wrote:

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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.

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Of course irt's a business decision. I thought you would have realised by now that I am  a cynic where jingoistic rhetoric is concerned and when it comes to meaningless blatherskite  about "true blue Aussie values" I reckon what's  sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

[icyfroth]

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

  I reckon what's  sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

Especially if someone makes money out of slapping an Halal tax on it.

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