Assalamualaikum and good day to all. We've all heard it
and we all know about it. Cadbury, an internationally renowned company for
producing chocolates has been found to be producing chocolates which contain
pig DNA. This is a big issue because it has the Halal logo from Jakim that we
entrust by its enforcement to only be put on halal food. And pig is by no means
halal in everyday situations.
Muslims
who are concerned about their food consumption must have felt a blow from this.
And various views have conjured out from this issue. When issues like these
surface, what we fear are views that are immature. Views that come from no
basis. Views that are not facts what more academic. In the Cadbury issue, we
acknowledge that it is Cadbury who is the one who has to take actions to right
the wrong that has been done. We believe the authorities has done a fair job to
curb this by taking back the affected batch of chocolates and all but what we
regret is the statement being said by a muslim or a group of muslim groups.
This statement goes about Cadbury having to pay for blood cleansing. All in our lives, we have never heard of such extreme.
This article is not to highlight what could be said as a
ridiculous statement but to actually invite GMM readers to think carefully before
coming out with a statement. What more if the statement is regarding religious
issues. We hope that readers would also be critical in analysing statements
that surface after a heated issue as this Cadbury one. Because there could be
people out there that holds press conferences and produce press statements just
for show and popularity because it is a national issue.
However,
new information and press statement arose from National Fatwa Council committee
chairman Prof Emeritus Tan Sri Dr Abdul Shukor Husin regarding the issue. He
said it was included under “Umum al-Balwa”, a rampant problem which was
difficult to avoid.
"In the case of ready-made products that had been marketed
to consumers and produced through processes using clean and halal ingredients
and had been confirmed as halal, but later found it had been contaminated with
pig DNA in certain batches only, then the committee had decided that it was
categorised as 'Umum al-Balwa’”
"The ruling on the product is referred to the
original ruling, that is, halal for consumption because the contamination
occurred beyond the scope of control and difficult to avoid,"
-Tan Sri Dr Abdul Shukor-
This big issue becomes bigger when people
are currently confused on the statement made by National Fatwa Committee. Maybe,
from our perspectives, the religious department and National Fatwa Committee should
make few explanations that detail on the issue involving ‘halal’ as now even
international media have put this issue as their ‘headlines’.
Lastly, form our sincere heart; Halal not just issue of food.
-GMM-
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