Gulf News
21 April 2014
Adfca allays rumours that McDonald products in Abu
Dhabi contain pork
By Binsal
Abdul Kader, Staff Reporter
[…] Mohammad Jalal Al Raisi, Director of Communication
and Community Service at Adfca, […] said some vigilant residents helped the
authority to allay a rumour that some McDonald’s products sold in Abu Dhabi
contained ingredients of pork.
“We received enquiries through Abu Dhabi Government’s
call centre last week and preliminary investigations found that it was a rumour
originated on social media. Still we did not take any chance and our inspectors
took samples of McDonald’s products for lab tests.”
The inspections and lab tests proved that “non-halal”
products were not present in Abu Dhabi market at all, Al Raisi said.
The rumours quoted some Islamic institutions abroad as
saying that McDonald’s products in the emirate, especially mayonnaise and
spices, contained pork ingredients as they came from McDonald’s America.
The official said the authority confirmed that such
products at McDonald’s outlets in Abu Dhabi came from Egypt. […]