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Food for Thought

Liquorice just isn’t liquorice unless it is made right here in Britain! This is according to Henry Goode whose soft eating liquorice proudly displays a large Union flag in its traditionally styled advertising. So naturally one is expecting a traditional culturally British confectionary. So when one turned over the packet one is very surprised to find that this sweet has been Halal approved. Halal is very defiantly NOT traditionally British! It is in fact most associated with the particularly barbaric Islamic ritual slaughter of animals.

There are other brands trading as traditional or ‘proper’ British sweets for example Taveners. This brand even features a supposedly aged photograph of an English child playing. Yet these sweets are also Halal approved. One wonders if the child in said photograph is aware that the sweet company being promoted condones the barbaric slaughter of farm animals. Clearly this is not traditionally British. This Isle is supposed to be a Nation of animal lovers. It is beyond belief that a business would wish to be associated with such barbarism.

However, the sad truth is animal ritual slaughter is rife. More and more companies are quite proudly exhibiting symbols of this barbaric practice. Panda Liquorice is kosher. The only difference here is that this is the barbaric Judaic practice of animal ritual slaughter. In both cases the animal is hung upside down and the Imam or Rabbi cuts the arteries of the live animal. Sometimes the animal can take up to HALF AN HOUR to die. Again why would any company condone or even wish any association with this kind of cruelty.