Subway ban Bacon and Ham
 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/...-food/8507373/

Some 185 of the estimated 1,700 Subway stores in Great Britain and Ireland have eliminated ham and bacon from their menus in response to requests from Muslim consumers.

The world's largest sandwich chain said in a statement that after strong interest from its Muslim customers, these locations
have introduced "halal meat" as a replacement, which is prepared under strict Islamic rules.

As Subway has spread geographically across diverse populations, back in 2007 the chain put in place a program "to ensure that the population demographic is taken into account when new story openings are considered," the company said, in a statement.

There are currently no plans for stores serving halal meat in the U.S. market, a spokesperson says.

Muslims are forbidden from eating any non-halal food and meat from pigs, and Subway said customers can identify those stores selling halal food by the special "All meats are Halal" sign, displayed in the participating restaurants. The signs are on menu panels, nutritional information panels and front windows of the store.

Special meats made with non-pork products -- such as turkey ham -- are being sold instead.

Under Islamic law, pork is forbidden and while other meat can be eaten, it must be sourced, slaughtered and processed according to very strict rules.

Subway said all halal meat served in its branches has come from animals that were stunned before being slaughtered.

That's fine but why not just offer the normal meats as well for customers that don't want to eat Halal meat?

Just because Muslims can't eat meat shouldn't mean that non-Muslims have to eat Halal really.

My regular sub doesn't taste right with Bacon & Ham substitutes :(

country has gone mad!

I like ham ...

For subway to make that move,only tells me one thing,and that is alot of Muslims must love there subway sandwich.SJ.

What a load of bollocks! , just because Muslims don't eat pork doesn't mean they have to stop selling it, Muslims don't have to buy it ffs!, sure sell Halal meat along with the ham, what's the problem with that?

Religions are weird.

Anybody who thinks Subway is worth eating deserves to eat sh7t.

wont be long until they ban xmas lol

They are halfway there by puting an X through Christ in Christmas.

Totally agree.

An prime example of divide and conquer.

I think at Wakefield retail park Subway, Nandos and KFC are all Halal now. They claim area dictates it but tbh I thought the area was predominantly non-Muslim and visited mainly by non-Muslims.

I don't understand the push to make UK food establishments across the board Halal when only circa 5% of the population is Muslim. AFAIK Muslims can eat non-Halal by saying a short blessing over the food...

One thing I like about travelling abroad is experiencing and respecting a different culture. Why aren't UK citizens proud of upholding British and or Christian values?

As for the barbaric practice, that's another argument.

I can remember some years ago at Melton Mowbray livestock market, there with my dad and having to watch the muslims slitting the throats of the sheep and goats they had just bought at the market
Not a pretty sight, the council stopped them doing it eventually, im surprised its not made a comeback, what with all the human / religious rights nowadays.

A service industry modifies it's product due to customer demand, so what. What's the big deal. Jesus, some people need to get a life.

I wonder what would happen if you asked for a bacon sandwich in a Muslim state......

Maybe the method of slaughter should be modified to meet the demands of the British Veterinary Association.

I'll be honest, I'm not bothered, as long as it tastes okay. For the record I've never been to subway.

stunned and throat cut, nice.

It's doesn't bother me how my meat was killed, it's dead that's what matters although I would prefer it killed in a quick as possible way but as I have not control over it I'll still sleep ok tonight..

As far as not getting ham as said above they don't have to eat it.

If you go to another country, you have to abide by their rules, so I don't know what would happen.

My cousin got thrown out of a cash an carry one morning after he walked in with a roll and bacon which he bought outside.

It was quite comical as this man came running down the isle shouting GET OUT, GET OUT. We didn't know what the problem was at first until we realised it was the roll my cousin had in his hand.
He wouldn't even come near us.
His reaction was ott and quite funny.

You've made that story up haven't you?

:lol1:

I remember once a old neighbour of mine had a muslim co worker who had never had or seen bacon and they had previously spent a few days feeding him bacon rolls telling him it was something else.

Funny but cruel at the same time.

So the animals can be killed in a way considered barbaric by very highly educated people, as long as they taste okay, but because the majority of uneducated people who believe in an imaginary entity won't eat pork - unless it suits them - it's okay to be cruel to these animals that they will eat?

No not made up at all. He had to eat the roll outside.

Doesn't the uk have animal welfare standards. If the animals are imported, that's a different matter.

Here's the BVA paper. http://www.bva.co.uk/consultations/d..._resp_0704.pdf

I'm sure you can see the risks of having to cater for the lowest common denominator in all circumstances, be it animal welfare, public health, education etc

Okay, I wasn't aware of that.

Was it definitely because of what he was eating, not just the fact he was eating something?

I only ask because I work in a shop and our company policy is that there is no eating/drinking in the stores. Maybe he applied the same 'rule' in his shop?? :wonder: