Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News – 10-11-2017
The Muslim Judicial Council’s Halaal Trust (MJCHT) has attributed a non-halaal sandwich indicated as halaal at Fedics, Sanlam Head office as a labelling error.
The MJCT says the error occurred when a student that served her interim training period in the Halaal department unintentionally labelled a ham and cheese sandwich as halaal without the knowledge of her supervisor.
Chief Operations Officer of the MJCHT, Shaykh Moosa Titus says an inspector was immediately sent to the company to verify the facts of the incident with Fedics Management so as to ensure all halaal procedures are being adhered to and that a repeat of such an incident does not reoccur.
“We had been in contact with Fedics and they profusely apologize for the error which was immediately rectified. Non-Halaal sandwiches were inadvertently labelled by a student at the company.”
Titus says the community can be assured that all procedures are followed when issuing a Halaal certificate and labels to companies.
“Unfortunately, Halaal inspectors cannot be present at all companies 24/7. It is, therefore, imperative that companies abide by the rules and regulations of labelling and not give the job of labelling to those who are inexperienced.”
Project Manager at Fedics, Annetjie Van Breuken also apologised for the transgression saying she would safeguard all Halaal stickers under lock and key and this will only be issued by herself including providing on the job training before any student or interim would be allowed to work in the Halaal area.
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