Saudi - Kingdom yet to act on US products with pork gelatin

Arab News ^ | 28 May | By M.Ghazanfar Ali Khan

[swarthyguy]

Supermarkets and groceries in Saudi Arabia are openly selling Kelloggs products, including cornflakes, which were removed from shop shelves in the UAE last week after it was discovered that the products of this American company contain pork gelatin.

The supermarkets surveyed by Arab News said that they have no instructions from officials and have no knowledge about the controversy surrounding Kelloggs products.

Although a full-fledged campaign has been launched by a group of individuals in cooperation with the Islamic News and Information (ININ) network on the Internet to ban the Kelloggs products immediately, there was no immediate reaction from the Ministry of Commerce. “The idea is to alert the Muslim community to boycott Kelloggs products, which contain pork gelatin”, said an ININ mail received by Arab News.

Asked about the sale of Kelloggs products in Saudi Arabia, an official of the Binzagr Co., the local agent for the products, said on condition of anonymity that “they have knowledge about the controversy surrounding the products”. But he refused to comment, saying he was “not aware of the issue in detail, which is subject to further debate, scrutiny and eventually lab investigations”.

Kelloggs brands widely sold in the Gulf states, including the Kingdom, are Kelloggs rice krispies, chocholate squares and Kelloggs pop tarts and breakfast cereals.

A reply on behalf of Kelloggs company also confirm the presence of pork gelatin. “Kelloggs brands contain pork gelatin and only ‘gelatin’ is listed on the ingredients panel,” said Emma Dobbin of Kelloggs Consumer Services.

This confirmation proves that import of Kelloggs products is a gross violation Kingdom’s trade regulations, which ban products containing pork elements.

Saudi Arabia has already banned more than 21 items, including pork, dogs, frog meat, liquid milk with long expiry period, animal fats, intoxicants and night binoculars, because they are inconsistent with the teachings of Islam and the social ethics of the country.

Asked how the presence of pork gelatin could be confirmed, some local businessmen said that the Kelloggs products must be examined immediately at local labs.

The Kingdom has set up a world-class laboratory at the Saudi Arabian Standards Organization (SASO) to test products containing pork ingredients. SASO also works closely with other health and food ogranizations to carry out investigations.

The products are also being tested by the laboratories in the UAE, according to a report published in Gulf News recently. The report said that “Kelloggs brands have been removed from supermarket shelves across the UAE, based on findings by two civic laboratories that they contain pork elements.” Although the brands are thought to contain pork, the issue is being discussed further by the government agencies, said the report.

Other Gulf states are also being informed about the conspiracy of some Western and American companies to dump pork and products with pork ingredients in their markets.

[dighton]

... pork, dogs, frog meat, liquid milk with long expiry period, animal fats, intoxicants and night binoculars ...

From the SAT, "which of these does not fit?"

[Oztrich Boy]

mmmmm! Pork products! < /homer>

[MarineDad]

Allow me to correct the omissions:

Saudi Arabia has already banned more than 21 items, including pork, dogs, human decency, frog meat, liquid milk with long expiry period, common sense, animal fats, intoxicants and night binoculars, because they are inconsistent with the teachings of Islam and the social ethics of the country.

[Thinkin' Gal]

... pork, dogs, frog meat, liquid milk with long expiry period, animal fats, intoxicants and night binoculars ...

"Arabian aphrodisiacs for $100!"

[Chemnitz]

That's better!

[Bogey78O]

I'm glad they ban night binoculars. It'll give us a tactical advantage when we have to kill the infidels.

[TomGuy]

k e double l og,
Kellog's best to you!

Hey, Saudi's. If that's in cornflakes, just imagine what's in those Froot Loops we're feeding your guys in Camp Xray, Gitmo!!!

[The Great RJ]

I think the Saudi's could eat hot dogs --have you ever looked at the ingrediants? As I told my children hot dogs are made from chicken lips and a**holes combined with healthy non-food fillers.

[swarthyguy]

Send this article to Cuba so the prisoners can read it!

[gitmo]

The Koran forbids night binoculars?

[Grut]

Hmm...anyone else here remember the proximate cause of the Sepoy rebellion?

If this were not published in the media, I might suspect it of being disingenuous....

[Bogey78O]

Obviously. After reding this I went to grab me a big bowl of frosted flakes. We were out so I had to eat Cracker Jack cereal.

[swarthyguy]

I want to know if pork gelation is being used in the Arafat Cheese pops on sale in Egypt.

[Logician]

I cuaght that big difference as well.... Must be a Secret Code I guess?

[okie01]

"Hmm...anyone else here remember the proximate cause of the Sepoy rebellion?"

Cartridges purportedly lubed with pork lard.

Kellogg's Corn Flakes are kosher. So, in this case, one suspects somebody is trying to work up a boycott of American goods.

Nothing like a little hysteria in Araby...

[muawiyah]

Just checked Kelloggs Rice Krispies. There is no "P" inside a circle so that means this stuff is NOT VEGETARIAN!

On the other hand, the list of ingredients contains nothing in it indicating an animal origin, to say nothing of pork.

The Saudis are not being fooled. Besides, Rice Krispies doesn't say it has gelatin in it.

Still, there has to be some animal origin products in the box somewhere because there's no "P" inside a circle. So, does anyone know what it is? Does anyone understand why Rice Krispies has to have animal material in it? The whole process was invented in India hundreds of years ago and brought back to America by early missionaries (who all became very, very wealthy). We regularly have Hindu, Buddhist, Moslem and Jewish guests, and were unaware that Rice Krispies might have pork in them. I am aghast!

[razorback-bert]

   In 1898, Kellogg created a process to produce grain flakes, and thus Kellogg's Corn Flakes were born. This simple cereal quickly became a central part of his diet plan for stopping sexual desire and masturbation... corn flakes, it seems, are just not sexy. At least, not anymore.. damn that John Kellogg!

   Hollywood later immortalized (and fictionalized) his struggle for health and fitness in the movie The Road to Wellville, based on the comic novel of the same name by T. Coraghessan Boyle.

   Kellogg's brother later went on and added sugar to the plain little flakes, negating their original purpose. Luckily, this made him millions. Masturbators are HUGE market, apparently. John, however, died poor in 1943. Here are some signs from his book that a young man might be masturbator:

Kellogg's Signs of Masturbation

1.	Rounded shoulders
2.	Weak Back
3.	Stiffness of the joints
4.	Paleness
5.	Acne
6.	Heart palpitations
7.	Fickleness
8.	Bashfullness
9.	Boldness
10.	Confusion
11.	Disgust at simple foods
12.	Bed wetting
13.	Nail Biting
14.	Consumption-like symptoms
15.	Untrustworthiness

[muawiyah]

My box of Rice Krispies does not have a mark on it saying that it is kosher, nor does it have a statement from an appropriate rabbinical certification authority!

Where do you get our information that this product is kosher?

[mathurine]

Let them eat sh-t.