MOSLEM CHICKEN BAN
December 1st, 2002
BY MARK ROWE
A MOSLEM consumer group wants Malaysia to ban chicken imports from China, Thailand and the Philippines because of health and religious concerns. The Malaysian Muslim Consumer Association claims that raw chicken from China contained traces of a toxic antibiotic banned by Malaysia's health ministry and that Chinese slaughtering methods were questionable from a religious point of view.
A MOSLEM consumer group wants Malaysia to ban chicken imports from China, Thailand and the Philippines because of health and religious concerns. The Malaysian Muslim Consumer Association claims that raw chicken from China contained traces of a toxic antibiotic banned by Malaysia's health ministry and that Chinese slaughtering methods were questionable from a religious point of view.
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