Lucozade & Ribena Clean of alcohol

[Guest rsingh]

Muslims get soft drinks go-ahead

Lucozade has been declared "halal"

Muslims in the UK have been given permission to consume soft drinks which contain minute traces of alcohol and pork products.

Under strict interpretation of Muslim law, Lucozade and Ribena were both previously considered to be "unclean".

Lucozade contains 0.01% ethyl alcohol to aid flavouring, which the Muslim Law Council now says is too small to matter

Ribena previously used gelatin - a pork by-product - in its production but has now changed its manufacturing methods.

Long-running dilemma

The Muslim Law Council - the UK's highest authority on halal (clean) food - consulted earlier rulings by imams on halal food before reaching its decision.

In the ruling, the Council's chair, Zaki Badawi, said precedents had been set allowing the use of non-halal ingredients in certain cases.

"I see no harm in consuming Ribena and Lucozade which contain traces of ethyl alcohol and animal ingredients that do not bear their original qualities and do not change the taste, colour or smell of the product," Mr Badawi said.

In its submission to the Muslim Law Council, the drinks' maker, GlaxoSmithKline, pointed out fruit juices and bread could also contain the same or higher trace amounts of alcohol due to natural fermentation.

The decision ends a long-running dilemma for some devout Muslims who have avoided buying the brands for fear of breaching religious rules.

In the wake of the ruling, the British Soft Drinks Association said it would not propose a new labelling policy but some companies might decide to mark their products "halal" to prevent any future confusion.

A spokesman said: "Soft drinks are non-alcoholic, we welcome this confirmation and hope that it can reassure those consumers who were concerned."

when I first read about it i boycotted all types of the product unfortunatly other people did not agree or belive me at the time. any way

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[kam1825]

what do you do though with medicine which contains extraxts from opium as i am sure everyone takes them!

[S1ngh]

what do you do though with medicine which contains extraxts from opium as i am sure everyone takes them!

i think veerjee.. medicine purpose is to take care of your body.. so that's fine..

[moorakh mugadh]

vwihgurU jI kw Kwlsw!

vwihgurU jI kI &iqh!!

agreed with singh veerya :wub: medicine for body its ok.

[V]

Well for someone who's in an accident and needs to cut his Kes in order to recover, would you do it :T:, and the save it straight after and ask for an appology from Panj or prefer not to have an operation.

It can be in a way be compared to the Shaheeds - Sir JAve ta JAve Mieri Sikhi Sidik na jave :T: ?

bhull chukk maaf

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

[moorakh mugadh]

vwihgurU jI kw Kwlsw!

vwihgurU jI kI &iqh!!

now veerje here some what we all must think, in guru sahibs time there was jung yudh many would get wounded from head to toe, what they had done that time its for sure "STICHES" and for stiches u need to cut hairs SIMPLE veerje :wub: and is that means when ever our singh got hurt in yudh and would treat themself for stiches, maharj would have said baar baar amrit shako" i dont think so" yes" if panj says we have too"

veerje kes cutting is the most BAJJAR KUREET IN SIKHI but MAJBOORI he like opertaion , stiches, birth to child i think there is no problem all is maaf. VEERJE SIKHI IS PRATICAL WITHOUT VEHAM, we should not make amrit very "DANGEROUS" make it saral, pyar walla so that all can come in khalsa panth not run away" SIKHI IS VERY VERY NIRMAL" WITHOUT TENSION but now days we have made it very kattar bhul chuk kheema.