The Islamic Development Department of Malaysia has declared the ‘Pure Creamery Butter-Golden Churn’ as non-halal (forbidden under Islamic sharia). The brand, widely used in the Maldives, was found to contain pig DNA.
According to media reports, the department’s director general explained that the product was the same brand that had been previously banned but had been brought into the country by different importers.
Meanwhile, local daily Haveeru reports Ibrahim Arif from the Olympia Shop as insisting that the New Zealand company that manufactures the butter had guaranteed it was pig-free.
“The company has denied the reports as baseless. As the company has guaranteed [that the product is free from pig DNA], we have recently placed an order worth US$100,000,” he said.
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'As the company has guaranteed [that the product is free from pig DNA], we have recently placed an order worth US$100,000,”. Ignorant Maldivian. Shuld you not be checking the butter for yourself from a laboratory here for pig DNA in it before just believing them? Do you honestly think the company will say 'Yes, we have pig DNA in our butter cans' wwhich would destroy their business. What a shame.
May be you are the fool Ziyan. How do you think that butter made from cow milk can get pig DNA? They don't make this milk from pig milk.
Can maldivians afford this singapore new zealand butter/, what most of them take is some Indonesian margarine forgot the brand's name