The Golden Churn Pure Creamery Butter product has been declared halal after a contamination was found to have been limited to samples taken from a batch in Johor.
The Islamic Development Department (Jakim)
has written a letter — dated June 30 — to the manufacturer Ballantyne
Foods South Melbourne regional manager Hemmat S Nasrallah confirming
that the product is halal.
The letter said based on laboratory results of a second batch of samples taken on May 5 that there was no porcine DNA detected.
“Therefore
we conclude that the former result of the (earlier) sample which was
taken at Kluang Rail Coffee, Johor was limited to the sample and the
batch only and not for other chain of Golden Churn,” it said.
The
letter was also copied to the state government of Victoria Australia
S.E Asia Business Office representative Tim Dillion who is based in
Kuala Lumpur.
The Star had contacted Jakim’s office in
Kuala Lumpur to reconfirm the product’s status and a spokesman affirmed
that the product is halal.
The alleged contamination with porcine DNA was discovered by the Johor Religious Department in April.
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