Muslims Warned Of Indonesian Pork Floss

JAKARTA, April 17 (Bernama) - The Indonesian authority has warned Muslims to be wary of meat floss made from shredded dried pork sold in several cities in the republic.

Five of 35 meat floss sold in Jakarta, Jambi, Bogor, Semarang, Surabaya and Bandung had been discovered to be made from shredded dried pork by the Indonesian Agency of Drug and Food Control.

"Pork floss is lighter in colour and its texture is softer than beef floss.

"Actually it is quite difficult to tell the different until we tested them in the laboratory using the real-time polymerase chain reaction equipment," its head, Husniah Rubiana Thamrin was quoted as saying by Republika today.

She said ironically one of the products carried a halal logo purportedly issued by the Indonesian Ulama Council, one had a false manufacturer address while another without the manufacturer address.

The manufacturers had earlier claimed that their products were made from shredded dried beef until the test proved otherwise, she added.

pls take precaution to all muslim..