Pihak berkuasa Arab Saudi berkata, mereka menguji kepingan coklat yang diperbuat oleh pembuat British Cadbury untuk mengesan DNA babi selepas dua daripada produk-produknya di Malaysia didapati melanggar piawaian Islam.
Saudi Food and Drug Authority berkata dalam satu kenyataan diterbitkan tentang laman webnya yang ia telah mengambil sampel coklat Cadbury dari pasaran tempatan untuk menguji pencemaran.
Kenyataan berkata produk-produk Cadbury dijual di Arab Saudi, sebuah negara Islam konservatif ultra, tidak dikilangkan di Malaysia, tetapi menambah bahawa "tindakan keras" akan diambil jika coklat diuji mendedahkan sebarang kesan daging babi.
Skandal atas ramuan ditemui di dalam coklat Malaysia Cadbury telah mendorong perbuatan kejam antara beberapa kumpulan Islam dalam negara, yang telah memanggil satu pemulauan atas semua barangan yang diperbuat oleh syarikat , dan induknya, Mondelez International Inc.
Pada hari Jumaat Indonesia, negara Islam paling ramai penduduk , juga kata ia menguji produk-produk Cadbury kepada semakan yang mereka mematuhi piawaian Islam.
Pihak berkuasa Malaysia telah menegur itu ia tetap tidak nyata jika pencemaran dua kepelbagaian kepingan coklat Dairy Milk dengan daging babi ialah kesalahan Cadbury atau ialah hasil daripada "faktor luaran".
Pihak berkuasa Arab Saudi telah berkata mereka ialah coklat Cadbury ujian melarang untuk kesan DNA daging babi selepas dua daripada produk-produknya di Malaysia didapati mengandunginya.
Saudi Food and Drug Authority kata dalam satu kenyataan, diterbitkan tentang laman webnya pada hari Sabtu, bahawa ia telah mengambil sampel coklat Cadbury dari pasaran tempatan menguji untuk pencemaran.
Daging babi dilarang semata-mata dalam Islam.
Kenyataan mengutip Dr. Salah Al Maiman, naib presiden sektor makanan SFDA, sebagai mengatakan bahawa produk diuji tidak merangkumi produk-produk Cadbury membuat di Malaysia , dan telah diimport dari negara lain seperti Mesir dan UK.
Skandal atas ramuan ditemui di dalam coklat Malaysia Cadbury telah mendorong perbuatan kejam antara beberapa kumpulan Islam dalam negara, yang telah memanggil satu pemulauan atas semua barangan yang diperbuat oleh syarikat dan syarikat induknya Mondelez.
Pihak berkuasa Malaysia menemui DNA daging babi di kacang hazel Cadbury Dairy Milk dan memanggangkan bar badam.
The Saudi Food and Drug Authority said in a statement published on its website that it had taken samples of Cadbury chocolates from the local market to test for contamination.
Pork is strictly prohibited in Islam. Saudi Arabia, the religion's birthplace, adheres to one of the world's most stringent forms of the faith.
The statement said Cadbury products on sale in Saudi Arabia, an ultra conservative Muslim country, were not manufactured in Malaysia, but added that "strong measures" would be taken if the chocolates being tested revealed any traces of pork.
The scandal over the ingredient discovered in Malaysian Cadbury's chocolates has prompted outrage among some Muslim groups in the country, who have called for a boycott on all products made by the company, and its parent, Mondelez International Inc.
On Friday Indonesia, the most populous Muslim nation, also said it was testing Cadbury products to check that they complied with Islamic standards.
Malaysian authorities have warned that it remains unclear if the contamination of two varieties of Dairy Milk chocolate bar with pork was Cadbury's fault or was a result of "external factors".
Cadbury Malaysia said in a statement it had withdrawn the two products as a precaution and that it had no reason to believe there was pork-related content in its other foods.
"We stand by our halal certification and we have the highest levels of product labelling standards," it said. (Reporting By Angus McDowall; Editing by Matt Driskill)
Saudi Arabian authorities have said they are testing Cadbury chocolate bars for traces of pork DNA after two of its products in Malaysia were found to contain it.
The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) said in a statement, published on its website on Saturday, that it had taken samples of Cadbury chocolates from the local market to test for contamination.
Pork is strictly prohibited in Islam.
The statement quoted Dr. Salah Al-Maiman, vice president of the food sector of the SFDA, as saying that the products being tested did not include Cadbury products manufactured in Malaysia, and were imported from other countries such as Egypt and the UK.
The scandal over the ingredient discovered in Malaysian Cadbury's chocolates has prompted outrage among some Muslim groups in the country, who have called for a boycott on all products made by the company and its parent company Mondelez.
Malaysian authorities discovered pork DNA in the Cadbury Dairy Milk hazelnut and roasted almonds bars.
Halal chocolate
The Saudi statement said the SFDA was in touch with Malaysian authorities about the testing.
Malaysian authorities have warned it remains unclear if the contamination of the two Dairy Milk varieties was Cadbury's fault or a result of "external factors".
"People need to understand that we can't immediately take action against Cadbury when there's no solid evidence yet or if contamination occurred in the factory itself or if it was external factors," said Othman Mustapha, the director general of Malaysia's Department of Islamic Development, or JAKIM.
Cadbury Malaysia said in a statement on Friday that it had withdrawn the two products as a precaution and that it had no reason to believe there was pork-related content in its other foods.
"We stand by our halal certification and we have the highest levels of product labelling standards," it said.
On Friday, Indonesia, the most populous Muslim nation in the world, said that it too was testing Cadbury products to check that they complied with Islamic standards.
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