Once again, Cadbury is spending a lot of time explaining why its chocolate is halal

Halal Cadbury’s picture:REX/getty/metro.co.uk

It’s that time of year again: once again,Cadbury is once again spending a lot of time explaining why its chocolate ishalal, in response to questions from low-watt bulbs on Twitter.

Lots of people are convinced this is somekind of sharia conspiracy which will lead to Easter being banned or something,and constantly pester Cadbury about it. (Wait a couple of weeks and the samepeople will be complaining that Easter eggs no longer say Easter ? all part ofthe same sharia conspiracy by Cadbury, you see). Of course, halal doesn’t quitemean what these people think it does: ie it doesn’t mean that the food has beenspecifically designed for Muslims.

Cadbury’s chocolate isn’t halal-certifiedin the UK, but it is halal. ‘Halal’ means ‘permissible’ and refers to a wholelot of things accepted under Islamic law (not just food). Water is halal, forinstance. As is air. It’s often associated with meat because Islam sets outthat animals should be slaughtered in a specific way. Cadbury doesn’t halalcertify its products in the UK, as they don’t include any animal products barmilk and eggs. Oh, and just in case you’re convinced Cadbury is trying to ‘ban’Easter, they’ve got an answer for that one too.

The image appears to have been taken back in 2014 and featured in an article about Cadbury Malaysia being given official Halal status following questions about whether the company’s chocolate contained pig DNA or not. Cadbury denies moving Dairy Milk production to Poland But as soon as it was re-shared on Twitter, people started complaining to Cadbury UK, demanding an explanation as to why chocolates here are halal. Cadbury UK was forced to respond to users, explaining: ‘None of our UK productsare Halal Certified and we have never made any changes to our chocolate tospecifically make them halal. ‘They are just suitable for those following a halal diet in the same way that standard foods such as bread or water.’ To beclear, cow’s milk is nearly always halal as it does not involve the slaughter of animals or swine (pigs). It’s only when gelatine or other animal product sare used in Cadbury products that halal certification is needed. Asda milk’shalal status was questioned last year. Cadbury Malaysia and Cadbury Australia,for example, each have information about their halal certification.

The halal way of slaughtering animal iscriticised by some who say it is an inhumane way of killing animals.

Link->http://metro.co.uk/2018/02/21/cadbury-spending-lot-time-explaining-chocolate-halal-7330794/?ito=cbshare