ISLAMABAD:
A senior government official shocked members of a National Assembly committee on Monday when he told them that most of imported packed food items being sold in the country contained Haram ingredients.
The Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Mian Ijaz, presented a list of 19 such items containing Haram ingredients.
The products are: two brands of Chicken Tonight (imported from Holland), Bubblicious (UK), Chupa Bubble (Holland), Pascual Yogikids (Spain), three brands of Skittle Fruit (UK), Picnic Chicken (USA), Slima Soup (UK), Knorr Chicken Soup (France), Cup A Soup (UK), Tulip Chicken (Denmark), Rice Chicken Broccoli (USA), Pasta Chicken Broccoli (USA), Pasta Creamy Chicken (US), Heinz Dinner Chicken (England), Jell-O (US) and Pop Tarts (USA).
The items, according to the ministry’s data, contain ingredients like white and red wine, gelatine and E120 (animal-based food colour). Some of the food items containing chicken have been placed in the list due to “doubts” about the “slaughtering mechanism” since “stunning is prohibited” in Islam.
The members were told that the ministry intended to see establishment of the Pakistan Halal authority through an act of parliament to promote imports and exports and inter-provincial trade and commerce in Halal items and processes.
The ministry’s officials had been called by the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Science and Technology headed by Tariq Bashir Cheema, of the PML-Q, for a briefing on a notice moved by JUI-F MNA Shahida Akhtar and other party members in the assembly in November last year regarding “the sale and purchase of prohibited edible items in the country”.
Very amaze to see tht no one so far has post any comment on this article however its a v big issue Haraam food and interests earnings has lead us here. Pls pay some attn here n stop this import.stop foghting with Allah in order to live peaceful life
Very amaze to see tht no one so far has post any comment on this article however its a v big issue Haraam food and interests earnings has lead us here. Pls pay some attn here n stop this import.stop fighting with Allah in order to live peaceful life
I think it is amazing that people think islam is the only religion in Pakistan…ARE NOT CHRISTIANS ALLOWED TO LIVE THEIR LIVES IN PAKISTAN WITHOUT HAVING TO EAT HALAL FOODS….if Muslims do not want to consume non halal products they should simply not buy them??? Get religion out of the food business…
First of all, regarding ''wine'' in a recipe: you need to be very ignorant about alcohol to think that cooking with wine means there is alcohol in the food. The alcohol evaporates completely when it is cooked…all that is left is the flavour. Besides, there is such a thing as alcohol-free wine and beer. Are you afraid of getting drunk from eating such a recipe?!?
Second, it's true that animals are normally ''stunned'' before being slaughtered so that they don't feel pain. Why insist on them feeling pain? Anyway, I don't think we should slaughter animals in the first place when there is enough of other types of food to eat.
Food colouring should not be ingested by anybody. You need to check ingredients to make sure you're not ingesting harmful chemicals.
People need to be smart about the foods they eat. Homemade is always best but if you need to eat prepared foods read the labels in an enlightened way.
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