Homebrand Coles Slice Cheese is halal but not advertised

[ufo_investigations]

The coles homebrand slice cheese is halal but there is no halal logo on the packet. I just had this confirmed by coles customer service that their supplier has had the cheese halal certified. I have lodged a complaint with them too, I requested the product should be removed from shelves until such time they put a halal logo on the pack as they are paying an islamic tax to have it made halal.

Aussies are buying this product believing that it is not halal but it is. Australians should not be fooled into buying coles homebrand cheese without knowing it is halal. Complain to coles / talk up. My guess is they didn't want the logo on the pack so they could get more sales.

[azureline**]

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[azureline**]

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@ufo_investigations wrote:

The coles homebrand slice cheese is halal but there is no halal logo on the packet. I just had this confirmed by coles customer service that their supplier has had the cheese halal certified. I have lodged a complaint with them too, I requested the product should be removed from shelves until such time they put a halal logo on the pack as they are paying an islamic tax to have it made halal.

Aussies are buying this product believing that it is not halal but it is. Australians should not be fooled into buying coles homebrand cheese without knowing it is halal. Complain to coles / talk up. My guess is they didn't want the logo on the pack so they could get more sales.

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hang on, is that cheese halal because it has non animal rennet in it?

So not just halal but also suitable for vegans ? so nothing to do with certification?

[Anonymous]

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@azureline** wrote:

Halal = permitted/allowed

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Halal is an Arabic word meaning lawful or permitted. In reference to food, it is the dietary standard, as prescribed in the Qur'an (the Muslim scripture).

from islamic council of victoria.

again, these discussions are about food that

needs to be certified and the objections to paying

for that certification.  water does not need to be

certified.

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

You'll probably find that all their bottled water is halal too, and I don't suppose that has stickers on it either. Actually, come to think of it, the water coming out of your tap is also halal - maybe you should ask the Water Board to turn off the ssupply until they have put official halal accreditation stickers  on everyones taps.

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halal when in reference to food means

it has been prepared as prescribed in the koran.

what preparation process does water have to go through

to make it halal?  aren't all these discussions about food

that needs to be approved/certified to make it permissible

as prescribed in the koran?

i don't understand why food that does not need to be approved

gets brought into these discussions? (or in this case water)

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Read the OP.  The cheese in question IS NOT   halal certified it just happens  happens to be halal  because it is made with an artificial rennet. I suspect  quite a lot of cheese is made this way - and therefore halal - fror reasons that have NOTHING to do with Muslims..

[the_great_she_elephant]

To me, water is not halal, it is just water. I am not Muslim so no food is halal to me, it is just food.

But to Muslims it has halal, because they are permitted to drink it. Just as that cheese is just cheese, but to Muslims it is halal becasuse they are permitted to eat it.

[Anonymous]

i did read the OP.  it states:

I just had this confirmed by coles customer service that their supplier has had the cheese halal certified.

what does halal certified cheese mean to you?

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

i did read the OP.  it states:

I just had this confirmed by coles customer service that their supplier has had the cheese halal certified.

what does halal certified cheese mean to you?

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Sorry, I misread th OP as saying they had confirmed that it was halal but not certified. Either way,it's stil just cheese, so  I can't really see what difference it makes to non Muslims whether it has a sticker on it or not.

[gleee58]

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

i did read the OP.  it states:

I just had this confirmed by coles customer service that their supplier has had the cheese halal certified.

what does halal certified cheese mean to you?

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Sorry, I misread th OP as saying they had confirmed that it was halal but not certified. Either way,it's stil just cheese, so  I can't really see what difference it makes to non Muslims whether it has a sticker on it or not.

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If the consumer doesn't know, be seeing the sticker, the cheese will have the slow, creeping effect of converting them to Islam by stealth.   One night they'll go to bed in PJs and wake up in burqa.

[lind9650]

I have been reading the list of businesses that have the Halal logo (It's on another thread.)

OMG, the items I need to buy regularly are mostly halal certified. Things like Kellogs breakfast cereals, ok, so I look for another one, Sanitarium halal certified. The list is endless, even Nescaffee is on the list, so is International Roast. Bega cheese, Peters and Pauls icecream. etc. etc. LOL, even Vitamin D as well.

We only have one Supermarket and one Chemist in this town. If I would be fussy about buying halal certified products, we would soon starve. If businesses want to waste their money or make extra profit through export, that is their concern. Times change, sales tactics change. Nothing I can do about it without depriving myself of a decent meal every day.

Like the russian ships, the Newspapers have to print some garbage to stirr the people, or they won't sell any papers.

Erica

[the_great_she_elephant]

If the consumer doesn't know, by seeing the sticker, the cheese will have the slow, creeping effect of converting them to Islam by stealth.   One night they'll go to bed in PJs and wake up in burqa.

     

Five laughy face award.