Empowering Consumers: Now It Is Mandatory For Restaurants In South Delhi To Display Halal Or Jhatka For Their Meat

The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), on Wednesday (20 January), has passed a proposal making it mandatory for restaurants and meat shops to display whether the meat they are selling is halal or jhatka, reports Hindustan Times.

“Many people do not eat jhatka meat while others don’t eat halal. But in restaurants, you cannot tell the meat type being served. You may find halal or jhatka meat written on the meat shops but such a practice is rare in restaurants. So it is a healthy exercise to mention whether halal or jhatka meat is being served at restaurants,” Narendra Chawla, leader of the House in SDMC, said.

Terming the order by the Delhi civic body as unnecessary, SDMC Leader of Opposition and Aam Aadmi Party councilor Prem Chauhan has said these are tactics to divert attention from real issues related to corruption and non-payment of salaries in the civic body.

Earlier in January, after a social media drive by Hindus and Sikhs against the 'Halal' certification for products in the country, the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) which handles agri-exports from the country has removed the word 'Halal' from its 'Red Meat Manual'.