Butter : JAKIM sticks by 'non halal' stand

PETALING JAYA: Regional Islamic authorities give the green light for “Pure Creamery Butter-Golden Churn” but the Islamic Development Department (Jakim) maintains that the product is non-halal.

Last week, Jakim confirmed that the Pure Creamery Butter-Golden Churn sold in Malaysia was non-halal as it contained porcine DNA. Jakim’s decision came after several months of uncertainty over the status of the product.

This announcement however contradicted religious authorities from Indonesia, Singapore and Brunei who approved the product.

Jakim Sahkan Mentega 'Pure Creamery Butter-Golden Churn' HARAM

KUALA LUMPUR: Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (Jakim) pada Isnin mengesahkan mentega jenama 'Pure Creamery Butter-Golden Churn' yang dipasarkan di Malaysia adalah tidak halal.

Ketua Pengarahnya Othman Mustapha berkata keputusan itu dibuat selepas mendapati produk tersebut datang dari kilang yang sama dengan yang diedarkan di Sarawak walaupun pengimportnya berbeza dan untuk pasaran berbeza.

"Perkara ini disahkan sendiri oleh wakil syarikat Ballantyne Food dari New Zealand yang mengeluarkan produk itu. Sehubungan itu umat Islam seluruh negara diminta untuk tidak menggunakan produk tersebut," katanya dalam satu kenyataan di sini.

Sehubungan itu juga, Othman meminta pemegang dan permohonan baru Sijil Pengesahan Halal dari Jakim atau jabatan agama Islam negeri yang telah menggunakan produk tersebut agar menukarnya kepada yang mempunyai sijil halalyang diiktiraf serta mengemukakan resit pembelian bahan ramuan baru.

Beliau berkata mereka juga perlu melakukan proses samak dengan disaksikan jabatan agama Islam negeri serta mengemukakan bukti akuan samak.

Othman berkata perkara itu juga telah dimaklumkan kepada syarikat pengimport dan mereka bersetuju menarik balik produk terbabit dari pasaran.

Pada 19 Julai lepas Jabatan Agama Islam Sarawak mengisytiharkan produk itu yang digunakan segelintir pengusaha kek lapis sebagai tidak halal kerana dikesan mengandungi DNA (asid deoksiribonukleik) babi, menyebabkan industri makanan itu terjejas. - BERNAMA

Golden Churn canned butter recalled after halal debacle

KUCHING: The Golden Churn butter producer will voluntarily recall all its canned butter worth approximately RM5mil from the Malaysian market.

This is due to possible porcine contamination of the butter produced in New Zealand.

Golden Churn manufacturer Ballantyne Foods Pty Ltd regional general manager Hemmat Nasrallah said the decision was made during a meeting with the Islamic Development Department (Jakim), Sarawak Religious Department (Jais) and Chemistry Department in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

Shops that do not separate Golden Churn from halal products face whopping fine

KUCHING: Traders are being told to separate Golden Churn Creamery Butter from other halal dairy and cold storage products, and place them in the non-halal zone with immediate effect.

Failing to do so will see a whopping fine amounting to RM100,000 or three years of imprisonment under the Trade Description Act, said Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry state director Wan Ahmad Uzir Wan Sulaiman.

He said his enforcement officers would be carrying out checks on all supermarkets and shops statewide to ensure that this would be done accordingly.

“Golden Churn Creamery Butter needs to be placed with other non-halal products in supermarkets and shops and traders need to clearly inform consumers that the product is not halal. This is regardless of whether the butter comes from a different batch of stock and not from the ones tested to contain pig DNA.

“Since there are doubts on the halal status of the product, it’s best to generalise all are not halal even if some stock from a different batch was certified halal. This is to reduce confusion among consumers,” he told reporters here yesterday.

Ahmad said the Golden Churn Creamery Butter supplier had been instructed to make special stickers to cover the halal logo printed on the product’s packaging.

“We’re very glad that the supplier is very cooperative,” he said.

He added that there was no need to dispose of the product as it could still be sold to non-Muslim consumers.

Ahmad said since Thursday the department had formed four teams to carry out checks on Sarawak layered-cake or kek lapis manufacturers’ premises to ensure they were well informed of the butter’s status.

To date, they had visited six premises and more would be inspected in the coming days throughout the state, he said.

“All four kek lapis manufacturers and bakeries inspected on Thursday namely Mira Cake House, Dayang Salhah Enterprise, Afifi Kek Lapis Sarawak and Norjas Bakery showed that they never used Golden Churn Creamery Butter,” he said.

He said his men also carried out checks at Di Wannie Cake and Rabiah Amit Enterprise here yesterday.

“Di Wannie Cake which used the brand previously has carried out samak to purify its kitchen appliances and premise.

“Rabiah Amit also used the brand at her old factory in Jalan Astana which was burnt down about two years ago but not anymore at her new factory in Demak Laut,” he explained.Shops that do not separate Golden Churn from halal products face whopping fine

Business as usual for bakeries despite losses due to non-halal butter

KUCHING: The declaration that Golden Churn Creamery butter is non-halal has cost some bakeries here big losses but they are taking it in their stride.

Many bakeries are now busy finding alternatives and some bakers had seen the problem coming months ago when claims of porcine contamination in the Golden Churn product first surfaced in the peninsula.

Since April, Di Wannie Cake, which specialises in Sarawak layered-cakes or kek lapis, has been changing back and forth between ButterLite and Buttercup.

The company’s kek lapis used to be made from Golden Churn, because it was the best tasting butter in the market — a tub of 2kg Golden Churn butter cost RM71.

Biting the bullet: Di Wannie Cake CEO Zoraidah Leen and sales director Mahathir Bujang arranging layered-cakes as they get ready for business. Di Wannie Cake’s layered-cakes are no longer made from Golden Churn Creamery Butter product, which had been confirmed by Jais as non-halal. Zoraidah said she switched brands a few months ago. — ZULAZHAR SHEBLEE / The Star

Non-halal butter non-issue for ‘kek lapis’ makers

MIRI: Golden Churn Creamery butter which has been confirmed as not halal are a non-issue to ‘kek lapis’ producers here, meaning production will still go on to meet anticipated high demands for the coming Hari Raya celebration.

A producer, 24-year-old Mohd Hafiz Rohani, said his company had not used the product for processing their layer cakes.

“We have received enquiries from customers all over the nation whether we are using the non-halal butter but after explanation they no longer doubt our products,” he said when contacted yesterday.

In fact, the company had received some 1,500 orders for the layer cake from distributers in west Malaysia, Brunei and locally despite the confusion.

“We explained to our customers that our products are halal and the processing does not use the non-halal butter as it is much more costly than other butter brands,” he said.

He did not deny that since the non-halal issue concerning Golden Churn Creamery butter which contains pig DNA came up, many of their consumers especially Muslims doubted their products.

According to him, the demand for ‘kek lapis’ here continued to increase despite the issue.

“What is most important is that Gerai Tepian Sungai does not use Golden Churn product as we are using a cheaper and quality brand,” he revealed.

Established in 2003, Gerai Tepian Sungai is a popular choice due to its quality products which are reasonably priced.

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