What's hot at IKEA Damansara - PorkSausage

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PorkSausage was not brand new design furniture from Sweden or Scadinavian name for thr new well designed, functional home furnishing products.

Fantastically it's just another local made Non-Halal gourmet for all consumer. Make proud that its from Selayang, Selangor Darul Ehsan mates... Another hotlist hit our headlines, what the PorkSausage.

From Malay Mail

IKEA food court faces probe

From IKEA online catalogue

PETALING JAYA 16 March: The Selangor Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Department will take action against IKEA Retail Malaysia if the company is found to have sold non-halal food at its food court in Damansara Mutiara.

Selangor Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs enforcement director Mohd Roslan Mahayudin said an investigation is under way.

"We want to meet the IKEA management to sort out the issue. The food court claimed to be selling halal food," he said.

Roslan said the department also wants to ensure that the company has a valid and verified halal certification from the authorities.

"If they don't have valid certifications, they could be charged under the Trade Descriptions Act 1972 which provides for a fine of up to RM250,000," he said.

IKEA, in a statement issued yesterday, said the management has stopped the sale of its sausages at all its restaurants and cafes with immediate effect upon the advice of the authorities.

The statement, which was issued by Terry Ghani Associates on behalf of the company, said: "IKEA's representatives said that this incident involved only the sausage products from one particular supplier, which is currently under probe by the authorities.

"The other fresh food items have valid and verified halal certification from the regulatory authorities.

"This came to light after enforcement officers discovered that the sausage supplier failed to uphold its halal standards of preparation.

"IKEA had earlier appointed this supplier based on the fact that it had been certified 'halal' by the authorities.

"The company takes this matter very seriously and is in consultation with the authorities to resolve the issue."

Meanwhile, IKEA general manager Joseph Lau said their food outlet caters halal food only and they have the verified halal certificates.

"We will resolve this issue with the religious department," he said.

Lau said the management apologised for the unexpected incident and also affirmed that other fresh food in its restaurant are halal.

On Monday, 34 personnel from the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs and Health Ministries, the Selangor Religious Affairs Department (JAIS), Malaysian Muslim Consumer Association and police raided the IKEA food outlet as well as two food-processing factories that have been producing non-halal sausages to be sold to the public.

The two food processing factories were found to have used expired halal certificate on their food packages.

The raids at the Muller Sausages Haus Sdn Bhd and Pacific Refrigerating Sdn Bhd at Kompleks Selayang Industrial Zone were found to be using halal certificates which had expired in January last year.

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