Taza Bazaar (in Bombay Bazaar) HMA Certified in Scarborough

Taza Bazaar (in Bombay Bazaar)

Monitored & Certified Products:

         Fresh Chicken, Beef, Veal, Lamb, Goat and Sheep,

NOTE: Burned cow & Lamb Hooves and Burned Goats Head are not HMA certified. 

Frozen products, cow feet and ox-tail are NOT HMA certified

Address;

TAZA BAZAAR (in Bombay Bazaar)

3601 Lawrence Ave E 

Scarborough GTA , ON ,

M1G1P4
Tel: 416 757 2522

Source

Sakin Grocery HMA Certified in Brampton

Sakin Grocery

Monitored & Certified Products:

Fresh Chicken, Beef, Veal, Lamb, Goat & Sheep

NOTE: Frozen products, ox tail, and cowfeet are not certified.

 Address:

7-279 Queen St. E.
Brampton ON
Tel. 905 455 2530

Fraudulent Claim of HMA (Baksh Halal Meat)

Sunday May 16, 2010

       THESE STORES ARE NOT HMA CERTIFIED

Please kindly note that the following butcher outlets/ meat stores have fraudulently advertised their store and products as HMA certified. (amongst others the false advertising has appeared in Ummah Times)

Please note that these stores and all its products are NOT HMA CERTIFIED.

Baksh Halal Meat Shop
1666 Jane Street (at Lawrence)
Toronto, Ont.
416-243-9473

Baksh Halal Meat Shop
3160 Eglinton Avenue (West of Markham Road)
Scarborough, Ont.
416 261-8564

PLEASE EXERCISE CAUTION !

Source

PEPSI PRDODUCTS ARE FREE OF ALCOHOL ACCORDING TO PEPSI CANADA

Brother Hadi Mohammed from Canada has provided the follwing e-mail from Pepsi Canada, there is exception for Vanilla Pepsi if it contains Vanilla Extract then it will not be Halal:

Hi Hadi:

Thank you for taking the time to contact us at PepsiCo Canada regarding our beverages.  We certainly appreciate the opportunity to clarify the situation.

Although our exact formulations are proprietary, please be assured that analysis of our products will confirm that they are non-alcoholic.  In fact, we do not add ethanol to any of our products and our products do not ferment to produce ethanol.  You can be certain that all our products throughout the world are non-alcoholic and fully comply with local regulations.

Once again, many thanks for your interest in our company.  We hope this information is helpful to you.
Sincerely,

PepsiCo Consumer Relations
www.pepsi.ca

Pepsi Products:

• Pepsi
• Diet Pepsi
• Pepsi caffeine Free
• Diet Pepsi Caffeine Free
• Pepsi max
• Diet Pepsi Lime
• Pepsi Lime

Alcohol in Flavouring of 7 up, Dr Pepper, Canada dry, Crush, Scweppes, Snapple

ALCOHOL IN THE FLAVOR OF 7 UP & CANADA DRY IS  CONFIRMED

Dr. Pepper Snapple Group company has confirmed the use of ethyl alcohol as a solvent or carrier in the flavor of 7UP, Dr. Pepper and other product to MCG by e-mail.

"Thank you for contacting us about 7Up Regular. Your comments and inquiries are appreciated because they provide valuable feedback about our brands.

Most of the flavors in our products are designed with a carrier that is usually ethanol. The amounts are very slight, but still present".

They make the following products:

All 7 UP, Dr. Pepper, A &p; W, Canada Dry, Clamato, Country Time, Crush,  Diet Rite, Hawaiian Punch, Schweppes, Snapple, Squirt. 

Note: Ruling on Alcoholic is different from different scholars, best practice is ofcourse Taqwa or caution, but otherwise the ruling regarding the permissibility of the Non khamr "alcohols" to be used as flavourings / carriers can be found here: Alocohol Ruling,   
Question remains regardless of the ruling that whether the ehtanol they used is source from Khamr or Non Khamr...

Source

Arizona drinks Halal??

Just received a response from Arizona drinks Company (www.drinkarizona.com/)
stating that NONE of their products contains any alcohol or animal ingredients...

There still remains a chance that for their flavouring the carrier is some sort of alcohol but the company did not clearly respond to that question. Their associate simply replied there is no alcohol in any of their products..

Readers are requested to confirm this for themselves. You can email them at Info@drinkarizona.com

Here is the email response i received from them...: DrinkArizona

Thank you for your email. There is no alcohol or animal ingredients in any of our products. The U inside of the circle means the product is kosher certified.

 (end of email)

Now its a totally different subject matter whether they

Halal and Haram e Numbers

From the Muslim Food Guide  By Shaykhayn Yusuf Sacha and Fahim Mayat.

Additive and 'E' numbers in food
Food additives are added to food to make it safer, keep it longer, stop the growth of bacteria, mould, and stop food going stale. They also aid processing as emulsifiers, raising agents, preservatives and improve food in terms of colour, taste, texture and nutritional value.

Additives increase the variety of food available to consumers keeping prices down, allowing safe delivery of food to urban populated areas and create alternatives to traditional food like meat substitutes for meat, low fat products for butter and yoghurt and sugar free drinks for diabetics.

The use of additives is strictly controlled by law. They may not be used in food unless they are on approved Government supervised list, proving their safe and effective usage. Once approved by the EC it is then given an 'E' number and is constantly monitored by local Government and the EEC.

EEC directives require all

Krispy Crème (UK) Doughnuts 2010 - 2011

Last Updated: 16/05/2010
We have been liasing with Krispy Crème UK, and according to the information we have received:

As a general rule,Krispy Crème (UK) Doughnuts are permissible.   (ALWAYS check ingredients).
However a line contains marshmallows.
HARAAM Krisp Kreme  - rocky road  contain pork gelatine in their marshmallows


Please do note that they use alcoholic flavourings.
Alcoholic Flavourings Clarification:

Alcohols used as a carrier for food colourings and flavourings are permissible as long as they are not sourced from dates or grapes.(Source)

Source of article

Slaughtering criteria for HFA (Halal food authority UK)

From a recent online conversation with a Halal Food authority Spokesperson by the name of Masood Khwaja here is a brief excerpt from their response:

i) HFA does not subscribe or allow ‘Captive Bolt’ stunning, as the procedure is not reverseable and the animal dies prior to slaughtering, ii) Low voltage electric (tongs or water bath) stunning is used only to immobilize the animal or the bird, with the assurance from the OVS that animal are not dead prior to slaughtering, iii) Mechanical slaughter is also used with strict presence of Muslim slaughterman/men, wherever manual slaughter is not in operation. Muslim slaughterman/men would do rendition of shahadah all the times whence slaughtering is in progress. Blades are NOT blessed, as some rumours are purporting and circulating.

A document which is labelled  Guidelines for Slaughter (this is hosted on HFA's website)

Once again here is the link:
 http://www.halalfoodauthority.co.uk/HFA%20Brief%20Guidlines%20for%20slaughtering.pdf

Was not able to fully read all the details but just the fact they allow mechanical slaughter is reason to either try to convince them to move away from this practice or look for a more viable solution.  Such as the HMA in toronto.

Last but not least here is further information about Halal Food Authority uk:

Halal food authority
109 fullham Palace Road
hammersmith, W6 8JA
44 0 844 879 4568
www.Halalfoodauthority.co.uk

Long time no updates..

Sorry about not being able to update the blog for the past few days..  was away on a trip for 40 days... just got back last week... expect to see an information overload worth of updates in the very near future Inshallah..

Halal Breads in Canada (MCG Research)

According to the MCG's Canadian website they have found out that the following brands of breads are Halal to eat provided if they do not contain whey, butter and flavor.

Halal Canadian Bread list:

• Wonder
• Country Harvest
• D's Italiano
• Gadoua
• Deli World
• Oroweat
• Weight Watchers
• Weston

* If any of the readers have any further information/updates regarding these or any other makes / brands of bread / bread makers, then please feel free to share by commenting at the bottom...

Arm & Hammer toothpaste (Halal or Haram??)

Following is an excerpt from MCG's Canadian website regarding ARM & Hammer Toothpaste which is doubtful to believe after the recent email i received from Church & Dwight:

Arm & Hammer toothpastes are free from animal derived ingredients and alcohol

According to Church Dwight Canada, there is no animal derived ingredients and alcohol in their toothpastes. This information was sent us by a sister in Canada.

(Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 March 2010 01:17)

Updated response from ARM & Hammer (Church & Dwight) to Eathalalfood:

Consumer.Relations@churchdwight.com
 to me   show details Mar 26 (2 days ago)

 Dear Mr. XZYCYZ

Thank you for visiting our web site.  We appreciate your interest in our company and our products.

In response to your inquiry, we do not knowingly include animal-by-products in our formulation.  However, we cannot verify whether it may be present below reportable limits in the proprietary materials we obtain from our suppliers.

Again, thank you for taking the time and having the interest to contact us.

We hope you will visit our web site again at: WWW.CHURCHDWIGHT.CA for information about our company, products, history, and financial information.


Tyisha Clark
Consumer Relations Representative

It would have been great to receive a clear cut answer...   but no... they had to be ambiguous about it!!! so the Halal / Haram status of their products is unclear.. GREAT...

List of ARM & Hammer Toothpaste:

• Arm & Hammer Enamel Care
• Arm & Hammer Extra whitening
• Arm & Hammer Sensitive Paste
• Arm & Hammer Complete Care
• Arm & Hammer Advance Clean
• Arm & Hammer Supreme Fresh

Church and Dwight (Arm & Hammer) Contact us page Click here

Unilever Food Products List (mar-2010)

Becel

Blue Bonnet

Breyers

Ben & Jerry's

Hellman's

I Can't Believe It's Not Butter

Knorr chicken Cubes

Lipton Yellow Label

Ragu

Red Rose Tea

Salada

Slim Fast

Skippy

Dairy Queen (USA / Canada)

The following is taken from MCG's Canadian website:

 Dairy Queen International? informed MCG on December 17, 2008 that they will not guarantee about Kosher/Halal status of their products because different stores in USA/Canada buy the food products from different suppliers. Some suppliers provide kosher certified food products and some do not.

Following are the ingredients for the Dairy queen Chocolate Sundae:. The sundae contains mono and diglycerides which could be either animal or vegetarian...

INGREDIENTS - Dairy Queen Sundae, Chocolate - Large

Chocolate Topping: Glucose-fructose, cocoa, water, modified corn starch, salt, potassium sorbate, artificial flavour.

Dairy Queen Vanilla Soft Serve: Modified milk ingredients, sugar, glucose, mono and diglycerides, guar gum, polysorbate 80, carrageenan and artificial flavour.

Source
Source for ingredients

Calypso 2010 UK - Haram / Halal List

List of Calypso Halal - Haram Products For the UK 2010



Haraam
Cognac Tablet - contains alcohol
Irish Coffee Tablet - contains alcohol
Cointreau Tablet - contains alcohol
Petits Dessert Boxes 200g/400g - contains alcohol
Swiss Tradition De Luxe Assortment - contains alcohol

The following are permissible - Halal

Wafer bar
Nocciolatte Bar
Excellence 70% Cocoa
Excellence Extra Creamy
Excellence Macadamia Nut
Excellence 85% Cocoa
Excellence White Coconut    (Calf Rennet)
Excellence Natural Vanilla   (Calf Rennet)
Excellence Natural Orange  
Excellence Crunchy Caramel
Excellence Intense Orange
Excellence Natural Orange  
Petits Desserts Tarte Citron
Petits Desserts Dark Orange
Petits Desserts Crème Brulee
Lindt Milk Hazelnut
Lindt Dark Hazelnut
Lindt White Almond  (Calf Rennet)
Lindor Milk Chocolate Truffles   (Calf Rennet)
Lindor Assorted Chocolate Truffles
Swiss Tradition Mixed Assortment
Gold Bunny/Gold Reindeer/Santa
Kerry the Kitten
Bobby the Bunny
Bernie the Bear
Golf Balls
Milk raisin Hazelnut Gold Bar
Milk Hazelnut Gold Bar
Milk Gold Bar
Cherry Bar
Strawberry Bar
Pistache Bar
Swiss Thins Milk
Swiss Thins Dark
Swiss Thins Orange
Calypso Exotix Mango
Calypso Exotix Passionfruit
Calypso Exotix Guava

Calf Rennet Clarification:
Rennet per se, is not impermissible.
It is permissible to eat cheese which has rennet from calf rennet though
praiseworthy to refrain from due to a slight difference of opinion viz:
Is Whey Rennet Haraam?  (no!)
 http://www.gmwa.org.uk/foodguide2/index.php?page=viewquestion&id=20


Alcoholic Flavourings Clarification:

Alcohols used as a carrier for food colourings and flavourings are permissible as long as they are not sourced from dates or grapes.

Read the full article here:
http://www.gmwa.org.uk/foodguide2/index.php?page=viewquestion&id=200


 Last Updated: 07/03/2010

Brazilian halal (haram) meat export....

Shockwaves from Brazil – An Exposé
In October 2007, HMC was approached by a Global meat supplier and manufacturer to investigate and inspect on its behalf the Brazilian ‘Halal’ market. Brazil, along with Australia and New Zealand are the world’s largest exporters of meat and processed products feeding the global hunger for Halal Products. Much of these supplies head to the Middle Eastern countries including Saudi Arabia; UAE, Dubai, Oman, Qatar,
Africa and Europe.

This month we reveal the shocking and confidential findings of our man from his trip through the wild west of Brazil and the practices from a continent apart. Nevertheless, meat and poultry finds its way to our palates in a global world where distances have shrunk and we the Ummah consume blindly in good faith – Allah forgive us all for our lack of knowledge and shortcomings.

To kosher or Not to Kosher...

Rabbi wants you to eat Halal!

HMC representatives spoke to many exhibitors at the World Food Market Exhibition at the Excel, London on 21st and 22nd November 2007. One of the stands visited was the Kashrut  Division – London Beth Din who are responsible for certification of Kosher products for the Jewish community. Following introductions the Rabbi present at the stand posed a thought provoking question, “Why do Muslims eat our kosher products especially meat and poultry when we do not say the name of God at the time of slaughter?” A Jewish Rabbi is worried about the food Muslims consume, but how concerned are we?
We leave the answer to you!

Source

HMA Alert: Watto Supermarket No Longer HMA

HMA CERTIFICATION WITHDRAWN
Please be advised that the below mentioned facility is NO longer HMA certified. Products sold here are no longer monitored nor certified by the HMA:

Watto Supermarket
6120 Montevideo Rd. Unit #1
Mississauga, ON, L5N 3W5
Tel: 905 369-04563

Kindly be advised that due to change of ownership in business, and new owner not interested in adhering to HMA Halal standards, the HMA certification has accordingly been withdrawn.

EXERCISE CAUTION!

HMA Alert: Bilal Farms (Ottawa) No Longer HMA

Monday January 18, 2010

HMA APPROVAL WITHDRAWN

Please be advised that the below mentioned facility is no longer an HMA approved slaughter plant and supplier.


BILAL FARMS
1924 Landry Street
Clarence Creek (Ottawa Region)
ON., K0N 1N0

47 Farmfield Crescent
Kanata
ON., K2M 2S8
http://www.bilalfarms.com/


Please note that due to owner's choice of non renewal of contract and owner's choice to not follow HMA guidelines, HMA approval has accordingly been withdrawn.

PLEASE EXERCISE CAUTION

Ferrero Rocher / Rafaelo / Kinder Surprise (Halal / Haram??)

Seems like this is a week of good news..

Just received another email from the people at Ferrero Rocher who make:

Nutella / Ferrero Rocher chocolates/ Kinder Surprise Chocolates / Rafaelo that all their products are animal products free (except for milk ofcourse)!!...


Now only thing left is a few other people to research / inquire also and corroborate this.. Any takers??

UPDATE (Mar-15-2010):

 Apparently some of their products have E120 (needs to be confirmed). And also alcoholic flavourings.. .. the second comment on this post also contains the link to the ruling on alcoholic flavourings, also you can find the information related to alcohol if you click the link below ...
 
Please refer to this older list for reference..
Ferrero Rocher Haram / Halal (2009)


Email from Ferrero Rocher

FerCan ConsumerRelations CA

We do not use any animal bi products in any of our products.

Kind Regards,

Consumer Relations

WEBSITES:
http://www.ferrero.com/
http://www.nutellausa.com/  (Goto faqs.. certified kosher)
http://www.ferrerochocolatesusa.com/
http://www.tictacusa.com/  (check out the FAQ no animal by products!!)

Euro-Fer Ferrous Fumerate Capsules Halal or Haram??

Just talked to the company (Euro Pharm) manufacturing these capsules and found out that they Contain Gelatin from Cattle skin hides.

An alternative is to buy the other over the counter -top Iron supplements which are in tablet form, because the gelatin is used in the capsule .. not in the iron supplement itself.

Haram list Updated Mar-2010

 Haram / Mushbooh list Mar -2010

Any of the following ingredients can possibly be Haram or are Mushbooh.. research / investigation is needed on the part of the consumer to call / email the manufacture/ producer of the product in question and ask if the problem ingredient fits into the criteria that would make it haraam for us to consume....

We are working on a list of article which can be clicked from this list to demonstrate how each one of these ingredients could possibly be a source of concern..

NOTE:- something to worry about is the newer form of labelling where a bunch of ingredients are categorized into a lump sum. Such as artificial flavours, Natural Flavours, Modified milk ingredient(S)..... something to watch out for..

HMA Alert: Mecca Halal Thorncliffe No Longer HMA

HMA Alert: Mecca Halal Thorncliffe No Longer HMA (430 Views)

September 19, 2009

HMA CERTIFICATION WITHDRAWN

Please be advised that the below mentioned facility is NO longer HMA certified. Products sold here are no longer monitored nor certified by the HMA:

    Mecca Halal Meat
    25 Overlea Boulevard unit # 6
    Toronto, Ontario, M4H 1P9
    Tel: 416 467-7867
    

Kindly be advised that due to non compliance of HMA regulations, the HMA certification has accordingly been withdrawn.

EXERCISE CAUTION!

Nutella Hazelnut Spread - Halal or Haram??

      

• Over 50 Hazelnuts per 13 oz. Ja
• Contains No Artificial Colors
• Contains No Artificial Preservatives

ingredients: sugar, modified palm oil, hazelnuts, cocoa, skim milk, reduced minerals whey (from milk), soy lecithin: an emulsifier, vanillin: an artificial flavor.

I just received an Email from Nutella (canada) confirming they whey in their ingredients is not from any animal source but rather from vegetarian source.According to the consumer affairs spokesperson they have contacted their suppliers and have been told that the rennet is free from animal products / by products.

Also that their product is certified OU / Kosher in canada, this can be seen on their website as well:

Is Nutella® kosher?
Yes, Nutella® is kosher. (source)

Email from Nutella:

Thank you for contacting Ferrero Canada regarding NUTELLA®. We have confirmed with our Product Development team that NUTELLA® 400g and 750 g manufactured by our plant in Brantford for Canada is produced with “vegetarian” whey since modern cheese and whey production does not include animal bi- product.  NUTELLA® is OU Kosher certified.

We have contacted our suppliers of these rennet products and have been given written assurance that no animal products (including ruminant derived materials) are used in their manufacture.

Kind Regards,

Consumer Relations Canada

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p.s: As always please check with the company (nutella) YOURSELF and try to get it all in writing.. and also another general rule is to keep updating every few months or so whether their ingredients have changed our not..

Balsamic Vinegar and Alcohol..(HALAL?? or Haram??)

Foodguide Services UK

show details Feb 25 (3 days ago)

In the Name of Allah, the Inspirer of Truth.
Assalamu Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh

It  is permissible. (Balsamic vinegar)

Ingredients such as white wine, cider and spirit  vinegars are permissible.

Vinegar is produced by two successive microbial processes. The first being an alcoholic fermentation (which is Haraam) and the second an oxidation of alcohol by aceto bacter, when it's molecular structure is changed and it ceases to be an intoxicant. Other varieties of vinegar are produced from beetroot, tarragon and alcoholic spirits. In vinegar the intoxicating factor is destroyed by the microbial process of oxidation hence it becomes permissible. Islam permits any variety of vinegar to be used as a condiment or preservative. (Muslim Food Guide - Page A26/27)

And Allah knows Best
Wa Alaykumussalaam Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh
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