@*julia*2010 wrote:
@boris1gary wrote:It's funny reading how some won't buy food because it's Halal, so never eating rice or pasta again unless it's Haram? and as far as Zabihah goes personally I don't see how its that cruel. Animals in our abattoirs are often terrified before being stunned and then killed, pigs having heart attacks through fear, I won't go on because its horrible.
Many people around the world kill their own animals for eating by slitting their throats and not for religious reasons, I've seen it done in Australia and I've seen it done in Greece - it isn't pleasant but death rarely is.
list of foods that are Halal
- Rice
- Pasta
- Any grain product, such as bread, breakfast cereal or baked goods prepared without Haram ingredients
- All vegetables and fruit: raw, dried, frozen or canned.
- All vegetables and fruit cooked or served with water, butter, or vegetable oils
- Milk
- Yogourt, cheese and ice cream made with bacterial culture or microbial enzymes, e.g. microbial rennet
- Meat and poultry slaughtered according to Islamic dietary law ("Zabihah).
- Seafood
- Eggs
- Nuts, seeds
- Peanut Butter
- Tofu
- Halal deli meats
- Dried beans, peas and lentils
- Beverages: carbonated drinks, fruit juice, punch, cocktails, tea and coffee
- Fats and oils: butter, margarine, mayonnaise, vegetable oils and some salad dressings
- Miscellaneous: chutneys, coconut milk, jam, pickles, spices
- Desserts made with agar and/or carrageenan base only
- Sweeteners: honey, sugar, syrup, chocolate liquor (roasted ground cocoa bean syrup)
- Main dish entrées: any Zabihah meat or alternative dish, pizza, pasta or rice prepared without Haram foods and ingredients
- Soups/sauces: any made without Haram foods and ingredients
- Desserts and sweets: any made without alcohol, or without pure or artificial vanilla extract
correct me if i'm wrong but isnt the OP's issue
paying for the accreditation? a lot of the items on your
list would not need to be certified.
Exactly. I just checked my rice and pasta packets and there is no Halal safe label on them. However, if i go shopping and have to choose between a patsa that has an Halal label on it and one that doesnt....i'll pick the one that doesnt
Actually, to me, neither the rice or pasta are Halal as i do not follow or believe in Halal. To me, they are a packet of pasta and a packet of rice
The posts on this thread from some of us are pretty clear in that we will not buy food that has an Halal certification label on it.
Im sorry you are having trouble understanding that
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@*julia*2010 wrote:I don't believe for one second that a lot of the complaints have anything to do with cost
i see so that's where the confusion came from and
you posting the mostly irrelevant food list lol
what i see on this thread are comments with specific
reasons as to why some oppose payments for the accreditation and ritual slaughter.
no one suggested they would boycott all food that Muslims consider permissible
It is not an irrelevent food list.
Think about it this way.
A Muslim (or Jewish) family wants to buy some basic things that we take for granted like a bag of apples. But apples (and pretty much every fruit on the shelf) will be polished. Often with an animal fat based product. That means it is not halal and they can't buy the apples.
In the same way that a diabetic or a caeliac has to scrutinise EVERY single item in their trolley, so to would a practicing muslim or jew.
Marking items halal will make their lives easier.
But regardless of all of the above, let's not forget that it is CORPORATIONS that are making the decision to certify. I have never read a single article (not even in the biased Telegraph) where a muslim or jewish body have INSISTED that our supermarkets rebrand their products halal.
