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Hassan Mohd Ramli said this was to avoid confusion over the matter.
“I also call on the government to step up enforcement against business owners who are confusing Muslims (with such tactics),” the Dungun MP said when debating amendments to the Trade Descriptions Act 2011 in Dewan Rakyat today.
Hassan said that being “halal” meant more than just being “pork free” or serving no pork, adding that such outlets have become a trend.
“They are two different issues,” he said, adding there was a need for this matter to be explained properly.
In 2016, the then director-general of the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim), Othman Mustapha said that the use of such signage by outlets that have yet to obtain the halal certificate risked confusing Muslims.
The then domestic trade, co-operatives and consumerism minister Hamzah Zainudin said the ministry would select a specific definition to avoid any confusion.
He had said this after the ministry’s enforcement chief had said that action could be taken against restaurants under the Trade Descriptions Act 2011 for attempting to confuse Muslim by displaying such signs.
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