British chicken found pork protein and Muslims were enraged
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Last Update: 2002-07-11
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Lead: London, July 8, British Muslims denounced an uncertain amount of labeled chicken that might contain pork, which could have been sold in six weeks after the government revealed the fact The FSA found in November that imported Dutch chicken sold in the UK contained more water than the label said and contained pork protein The protein powder added to chicken comes from meat and is used to make it absorb more water, the British police Guardian reported on Monday "This is the biggest concern of the Muslim community and all food should be accurately labeled This is very important because according to the Koran, pork (for Muslims) is absolutely forbidden " Inayat Bunglawala, spokesman for the British Muslim Council, said The British food standards watchdog said it had contacted Dutch officials about the matter, but we were not satisfied with their response We have reported this to the European Commission "It's been a little too long," a spokesman for the Food Standards Agency quoted the Dutch government's response as saying "We wanted to see the right mark, but we didn't see We strive to make every ingredient in the product listed in the label " She said Beef gluten has also been added to British chicken imports, the Guardian reported, raising concerns about potential mad cow disease Scientists have linked BSE to the spread of different Creutzfeldt Jakob, which has killed more than 100 people, mainly in the UK More sensitive tests, a FSA spokesman said no BSE was found in chicken during this time A spokesman for the FSA added: "however, the FSA still needs to conduct more sensitive tests to see if it exists." (author:) share to feed Weibo share to:
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