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Blunder as wrong Lancashire KFC listed on halal guide
11:20am Sunday 13th December 2009
THE wrong East Lancashire KFC restaurant was listed on a halal food guide website.
The mix-up, on the Zabihah.com website, directed customers to the Colne Road branch of KFC restaurant in Burnley when in fact the only halal branch of the chain is in North Valley Road, Colne.
The website, which lists food outlets that are accredited by the Halal Food Authority, is used by Muslims across the world and claims to be the world’s largest facility of its kind.
The halal branch in Colne is part of a nationwide trial involving over 20 branches.
Islam has laws regarding which foods can and cannot be eaten and also on the proper method of slaughtering an animal for consumption, with permissible food known as halal.
A spokesperson for KFC said: “We would like to clarify that our North Valley Road restaurant in Colne is currently our only halal-accredited restaurant in the area.
“We expanded our trial to Lancashire due to local demand, and we’re pleased with how it’s progressing so far.
"It’s part of a wider trial across the UK, and we will study the results to find out whether our customers want us to expand the trial further.
“We have contacted Zabihah.com to ask them to change the information on their website.
"Customers can check www.kfc.co.uk if they have any other queries about our halal trial.”
One man who did not wish to be named said: “We went to the Burnley KFC and it was only another non-Muslim customer who notified us.”
The KFC statement added: “Feedback from consumers has indicated that there is significant demand for halal food from KFC.
“Our halal chicken has been accredited by the Halal Food Authority, one of the most widely recognised bodies in the UK and overseas.
"It allows the use of a technique called 'stun-to-stun' - a pain free process that makes the animal insensible to pain and suffering.
“A verse is also recited from the Quran at the point of slaughter by an appropriate person and the poultry will not come into contact with non-halal meat at any point in the supply chain.”
The manager of the Burnley branch, Jonathan Monahan said: “Strangely enough we are going halal in the second week of January anyway.
“Customers need to know that when we do there will be a sign going on the door stating that this KFC is serving halal food.
“We will be the only other halal KFC in the county.”
No-one at Zabihah.com was available for comment.
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zahed, says...
1:47pm Fri 11 Dec 09
om/ds.php?id=13132. Apologies for the inconvenience.
Izanears, Nelson says...
11:48am Sun 13 Dec 09
chocky, Jersey says...
1:11pm Sun 13 Dec 09
Markr, Burnley says...
3:27pm Sun 13 Dec 09
What realy annoys me is that most of their shops do not stress the point that the meat they use is halhal and therefore the naimal has been tortured to death, surely by law they should have to state this.
ban it and keep it banned.
Darren Reynolds, Burnley says...
7:20pm Sun 13 Dec 09
That said ...
My child no longer has a hot school meal because all meat is Halal
Swizz, are you sure? That seems grossly unfair. Which school is your child at? I'd like to make enquiries on your behalf. If you'd rather contact me in private you can reach me on 07973 174148 or dreynolds@burnley.go
v.uk
battman, timbuk2 says...
12:03am Mon 14 Dec 09
swizz, Nelson says...
12:15am Mon 14 Dec 09
Well done Darren for wishing the plague on all us mere carnivores yo dick!
Who exactly elected you?
Darren Reynolds, Burnley says...
10:27am Mon 14 Dec 09
Well done Darren for wishing the plague on all us mere carnivores
Think about the hypocrisy. On the one hand someone can be quite angry about the tradition of a foreign culture to kill animals by slitting their throats, yet that same person finds it perfectly acceptable to do so by blasting a bolt into the animal's brain.
Looked at from the other side of the fence, it might seem that Western / Christian culture prefers to hide the truth about meat production and pretend it's a nice, fluffy place, where animals have a lovely life before finally coming to a brief and 'humane' end with no suffering. All this whilst Muslim culture admits the brutal reality and admits truthfully to the suffering by making it highly visible.
Just a point of view. I want to make you THINK.
nevad, Blackburn says...
12:31pm Mon 14 Dec 09
The chickens are still stunned as they always were and then while stunned their throughs are cut. So this is no less humane than before.
nevad, Blackburn says...
12:41pm Mon 14 Dec 09
thermio, blackburn says...
1:50pm Mon 14 Dec 09
A: Halal and Kosher
The (very expensive) instructions drawn up to prevent contaminants infecting meat from spine, brain etc when the CJD crisis was in full swing - which includes having to pay for a government vet (at government prices - although they all seem to be from Spain - and from an agency) - are not applicable to those from certain religions.
Please remember this when you are eating your halal-burgers, and good luck.
swizz, Nelson says...
2:37pm Mon 14 Dec 09
abdullah, blackburn says...
4:07pm Mon 14 Dec 09
namaste.goodbye
Darren Reynolds, Burnley says...
4:49pm Mon 14 Dec 09
swizz wrote:Hmm ... I think I do understand the difference quite well, Swizz. But do you?
Darren Reynolds does not get the difference between stunning and bolting! A typical politician with no clue whatsoever.
http://www.grandin.c
om/humane/cap.bolt.t
ips.html
The point stands whether the bolt penetrates the brain or otherwise. Either way, the animal ends up dead and eaten. It probably is better to use a penetrating captive bolt than the Halal method, but both methods are a long, long way away from the best method of all, which is to leave the animal harmlessly munching on grass.
This is my personal choice. If you want to eat meat, well, fine. Most of my friends eat meat, a few of them the Halal variety, and I stay friends with them nevertheless.
Hellboy, Blackburn says...
7:37pm Mon 14 Dec 09
abdullah wrote:Of course it's against British values,you complete idiot. It is something that has yet again been FORCED upon us to pander to people just like you.
KFC a American business has made a decision to cater for its muslim clients,well done for making a sensible viable business decision.This should not be seen as something against British values in fact it should be loudly applauded for upholding British value bringing choice,quality to the services market.Bravo long live this great country of multi culturism,democracy and the land of the free,salaams,shalom,
namaste.goodbye
Though admittedly,I know very little about slaughtering practices used in the (Christian) UK,I DO know that both Jews and Muslims seem to get some sort of kick out of the animal actually being aware of it's death,thus feeling pure fear and abject pain. I think you should keep your barbarism confined to your country of origin. If that's a problem for you,you are most welcome to vacate the UK and find a country that happily accepts your medieval savagery.
battman, timbuk2 says...
9:17pm Mon 14 Dec 09
Cool Lad, Beautiful Nelson says...
11:07pm Mon 14 Dec 09
Lanc's Lad, says...
12:22am Tue 15 Dec 09
Hellboy wrote:Ten Core British values,
abdullah wrote:Of course it's against British values,you complete idiot. It is something that has yet again been FORCED upon us to pander to people just like you.
KFC a American business has made a decision to cater for its muslim clients,well done for making a sensible viable business decision.This should not be seen as something against British values in fact it should be loudly applauded for upholding British value bringing choice,quality to the services market.Bravo long live this great country of multi culturism,democracy and the land of the free,salaams,shalom,
namaste.goodbye
Though admittedly,I know very little about slaughtering practices used in the (Christian) UK,I DO know that both Jews and Muslims seem to get some sort of kick out of the animal actually being aware of it's death,thus feeling pure fear and abject pain. I think you should keep your barbarism confined to your country of origin. If that's a problem for you,you are most welcome to vacate the UK and find a country that happily accepts your medieval savagery.
I. The rule of law. Our society is based on the idea that we all abide by the same rules, whatever our wealth or status. No one is above the law - not even the government.
II. The sovereignty of the Crown in Parliament. The Lords, the Commons and the monarch constitute the supreme authority in the land. There is no appeal to any higher jurisdiction, spiritual or temporal.
III. The pluralist state. Equality before the law implies that no one should be treated differently on the basis of belonging to a particular group. Conversely, all parties, sects, faiths and ideologies must tolerate the existence of their rivals.
IV. Personal freedom. There should be a presumption, always and everywhere, against state coercion. We should tolerate eccentricity in others, almost to the point of lunacy, provided no one else is harmed.
V. Private property. Freedom must include the freedom to buy and sell without fear of confiscation, to transfer ownership, to sign contracts and have them enforced. Britain was quicker than most countries to recognise this and became, in consequence, one of the happiest and most prosperous nations on Earth.
VI. Institutions. British freedom and British character are immanent in British institutions. These are not, mostly, statutory bodies, but spring from the way free individuals regulate each other's conduct, and provide for their needs, without recourse to coercion.
VII. The family. Civic society depends on values being passed from generation to generation. Stable families are the essential ingredient of a stable society.
VIII. History. British children inherit a political culture, a set of specific legal rights and obligations, and a stupendous series of national achievements. They should be taught about these things.
IX. The English-speaking world. The atrocities of September 11, 2001, were not simply an attack on a foreign nation; they were an attack on the anglosphere - on all of us who believe in freedom, justice and the rule of law.
X. The British character. Shaped by and in turn shaping our national institutions is our character as a people: stubborn, stoical, indignant at injustice. "The Saxon," wrote Kipling, "never means anything seriously till he talks about justice and right."
I think no III is what you are looking for...
If you still think Muslim's are being treated differently you should take it up with KFC for giving Muslims a choice of a Halal menu. Mcdonalds is also carrying out a halal trial in London.
Hellboy, i am just gonna ask you what is foie gras? And i know it is French but we have started to develop a taste for it in this country too and it is high up in the food menu...
Ok i'll tell you the truth as you talk about british values...
To produce foie gras, ducks and geese are force-fed by having metal pipes shoved down their throats. Corn mush is pumped into their stomachs two or three times a day every day for weeks.
"As you can imagine, this is frightening and extremely distressing for the birds". "The pipes sometimes puncture their throats, causing severe injuries that make it painful or even impossible for them to drink. As a result of the force-feeding the birds’ livers become diseased and painfully enlarged, swelling to as much as 10 times their normal size."
Now is it about british values or some sort of inferiority complex.
Lanc's Lad, says...
12:23am Tue 15 Dec 09
Hellboy wrote:Ten Core British values,
abdullah wrote:Of course it's against British values,you complete idiot. It is something that has yet again been FORCED upon us to pander to people just like you.
KFC a American business has made a decision to cater for its muslim clients,well done for making a sensible viable business decision.This should not be seen as something against British values in fact it should be loudly applauded for upholding British value bringing choice,quality to the services market.Bravo long live this great country of multi culturism,democracy and the land of the free,salaams,shalom,
namaste.goodbye
Though admittedly,I know very little about slaughtering practices used in the (Christian) UK,I DO know that both Jews and Muslims seem to get some sort of kick out of the animal actually being aware of it's death,thus feeling pure fear and abject pain. I think you should keep your barbarism confined to your country of origin. If that's a problem for you,you are most welcome to vacate the UK and find a country that happily accepts your medieval savagery.
I. The rule of law. Our society is based on the idea that we all abide by the same rules, whatever our wealth or status. No one is above the law - not even the government.
II. The sovereignty of the Crown in Parliament. The Lords, the Commons and the monarch constitute the supreme authority in the land. There is no appeal to any higher jurisdiction, spiritual or temporal.
III. The pluralist state. Equality before the law implies that no one should be treated differently on the basis of belonging to a particular group. Conversely, all parties, sects, faiths and ideologies must tolerate the existence of their rivals.
IV. Personal freedom. There should be a presumption, always and everywhere, against state coercion. We should tolerate eccentricity in others, almost to the point of lunacy, provided no one else is harmed.
V. Private property. Freedom must include the freedom to buy and sell without fear of confiscation, to transfer ownership, to sign contracts and have them enforced. Britain was quicker than most countries to recognise this and became, in consequence, one of the happiest and most prosperous nations on Earth.
VI. Institutions. British freedom and British character are immanent in British institutions. These are not, mostly, statutory bodies, but spring from the way free individuals regulate each other's conduct, and provide for their needs, without recourse to coercion.
VII. The family. Civic society depends on values being passed from generation to generation. Stable families are the essential ingredient of a stable society.
VIII. History. British children inherit a political culture, a set of specific legal rights and obligations, and a stupendous series of national achievements. They should be taught about these things.
IX. The English-speaking world. The atrocities of September 11, 2001, were not simply an attack on a foreign nation; they were an attack on the anglosphere - on all of us who believe in freedom, justice and the rule of law.
X. The British character. Shaped by and in turn shaping our national institutions is our character as a people: stubborn, stoical, indignant at injustice. "The Saxon," wrote Kipling, "never means anything seriously till he talks about justice and right."
I think no III is what you are looking for...
If you still think Muslim's are being treated differently you should take it up with KFC for giving Muslims a choice of a Halal menu. Mcdonalds is also carrying out a halal trial in London.
Hellboy, i am just gonna ask you what is foie gras? And i know it is French but we have started to develop a taste for it in this country too and it is high up in the food menu...
Ok i'll tell you the truth as you talk about british values...
To produce foie gras, ducks and geese are force-fed by having metal pipes shoved down their throats. Corn mush is pumped into their stomachs two or three times a day every day for weeks.
"As you can imagine, this is frightening and extremely distressing for the birds". "The pipes sometimes puncture their throats, causing severe injuries that make it painful or even impossible for them to drink. As a result of the force-feeding the birds’ livers become diseased and painfully enlarged, swelling to as much as 10 times their normal size."
Now is it about British values or some sort of inferiority complex.
Lanc's Lad, says...
12:30am Tue 15 Dec 09
And you call halal method medieval savagery/Barbarism.
Law abiding citizen, Burnley says...
1:27pm Wed 16 Dec 09
NOT HALAL YET : KFC, Burnley
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