While commending the statement made by the All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU) to separate Halal and non Halal certificated goods, the Jathika Hela Urumaya today said such a separation would not work in practice.

Pointing out the facts in the standard operation procedure for Halal Certification published for the Product Sector, JHU General Secretary and Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka told a news conference that ACJU guideline showed whole procedure of Halal certification should not blend together with any of the other non Halal items.

“According to their standards for creating Halal food, the ingredients should be Halal. Handling, process, transportation, machineries, equipment and storage all should be done separately. Even the workers in a non Halal section of a factory can’t interact with the Halal section. And the two products should come in different colours,” the minister said.“Their statement is not as innocent as it seems.

The guideline says it all. We do not want a separation in society.”  (Jayashika Pathmasiri and Lahiru Pothmulla)

Source: Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)