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'Halal' Pork Label an Insensitive Hoax: FairPrice
Straits Times ^
| Jan 27, 2014
| Grace Chua
Posted on 02/04/2014 12:53:37 PM PST by nickcarraway
Supermarket chain NTUC FairPrice said an image circulating on the Internet, of its air-flown fresh pork bearing a 'halal' sticker, is an insensitive hoax in poor taste.
In a media statement on Monday, FairPrice CEO Seah Kian Peng said: "We understand that an old image of a tampered packaging of FairPrice fresh pork carrying a halal certification mark has again resurfaced on Facebook recently."
The image, an email hoax from 2007, appears to still be circulating on the Internet today.
He added: "We are mindful of the serious religious implications of this matter and regard this as a wilful act of mischief, and had lodged a report with the Singapore Police then.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Religion
KEYWORDS: hoax; porkhalal
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To: nickcarraway
Love the flyin’ hog logo!
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posted on
02/04/2014 12:55:18 PM PST
by
nascarnation
(I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
To: nascarnation
They hate the West.
Why are they here ?
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posted on
02/04/2014 12:57:18 PM PST
by
Eric in the Ozarks
("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
02/04/2014 12:58:07 PM PST
by
43north
(BHO: 50% black, 50% white, 100% RED.)
To: nickcarraway
Perhaps, but kinda funny nonetheless.
Reminds me of a guy I used to work with. We sold Hog breeding stock together, were both hog buyers working for the largest pork packing plant in the US yet he was staunchly kosher.
I used to kid him about it.
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
02/04/2014 1:00:25 PM PST
by
Dallas59
(Obama: The first "White Black" President.)
To: traderrob6
You shoulda sold him on this:
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posted on
02/04/2014 1:03:06 PM PST
by
AnAmericanAbroad
(It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
Singapore is "the West"?
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posted on
02/04/2014 1:03:18 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
To: AnAmericanAbroad
What is a Jewish dilemma? Free Ham.
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posted on
02/04/2014 1:04:45 PM PST
by
4yearlurker
(Some people say that experts agree!!)
To: nickcarraway
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02/04/2014 1:05:14 PM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: 4yearlurker
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posted on
02/04/2014 1:07:15 PM PST
by
KC_Lion
(Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.- Sarah Palin)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Well, the “prophet” was named MoHAMmed, after all.
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
02/04/2014 1:10:22 PM PST
by
PGR88
To: PGR88
when he explodes he becomes......... bacon bits!
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posted on
02/04/2014 1:15:05 PM PST
by
Stormdog
(A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
The pork was from Australia.
And, Singapore displays more western, free market ideas than anyone you can name in Europe.
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posted on
02/04/2014 1:17:02 PM PST
by
Eric in the Ozarks
("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
To: nickcarraway
Muslims should be more wary of the “halal” acceptability mark than they ought be of pork. “Halal” merely means the animal was killed according to a ritual which vaguely resembles the “kosher” methods of ritual animal slaughter used by Orthodox Jews, except there is not any attempt to follow even minimal standards of cleanliness or basic sanitation, and the meat is frequently contaminated, held to a standard so low, the product would be immediately condemned as unacceptable in any Western country.
“Pure food” and “halal” are mutual exclusives.
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02/04/2014 1:19:50 PM PST
by
alloysteel
(Obamacare - Death and Taxes now available online. One-stop shopping at its best!)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
The pork was from Australia. Still not "the west".
And, Singapore displays more western, free market ideas than anyone you can name in Europe.
Correct. However they are still in "The East".
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posted on
02/04/2014 1:22:38 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
To: nickcarraway
There is a Halal kitchen near me. Friendly people and the best tasting food (Middle East and Mediterranean). They are a people the rest of the Muslims can take an example from. Sad thing is that most Muslims ARE good people. It's the large proportion of nutcases that give them a bad name. And I am prob completeley off topic now.
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02/04/2014 1:24:34 PM PST
by
Hacksaw
(I haven't taken the 30 silvers.)
To: nascarnation
the flying pig logo should be pig riding a magic carpet...
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posted on
02/04/2014 1:26:34 PM PST
by
NativeSon
( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Australia not western ?
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posted on
02/04/2014 1:30:24 PM PST
by
Eric in the Ozarks
("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
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