Muslims in South Africa protest and anger at the company's largest meat exporter country. Because the company is based in Cape Town called Orion Cold Storage, one of the label put on the halal pork terlanjut circulated widely in South Africa.
Patrick Gaertner, owner, and even received death threats. His case is now rolling in the courts.
In his defense, arguing Gaertner labeling it was not intentional, but allegedly caused by his business rivals. Prior to sabotage it, they found many dark mendeskriditkan email them from two rival company's business.
"They pay our workers to deliberately put the wrong label before the meat was delivered to the stores," he said.
Gaertner suggesting, too dear if the reputation they have built over the years destroyed by it. "It's definitely sabotage," he told Eyewitness News.
label pig Halal Trigger Anger Muslims South Africa
Muslims in South Africa (South Africa) made furious by the act of importing meat, which gives the label pork as halal food. Importers were even received death threats over his actions themselves.
Orion cellarer Patrick Gaertner, admitted he getting death threats since the allegations broke. He defended himself that the charge was the work of his business opponents.
Top kosher label on this pork, Orion now forced to deal with the law and threatened revoked its operations. In addition to labeling the dagin pigs, Orion is also suspected of label re-kangaroo meat from Australia and beef from India.
South African Council of Islamic Law (MJC) is issuing halal certification in the country, was never allowed to label halal kangaroo meat and beef India.
MJC was claimed today to delay any treaty business with Orion. Importers of meat it was claimed that it became the victim of sabotage and extortion of business opponents.
BBC News on Thursday (17/11/2011) reports, "some pork from Orion likely to be labeled kosher. But the company found it was the work of his business rivals, who pay some of Orion's own employees to change the product and the label before being distributed ".
"Whatever the outcome of this case, it took several years to rebuild its reputation," said the cellarer Orion Patrick Gaertner.
This charge is in the eyes of Gaertner cause large losses. In addition to getting death threats, some of the Orion vehicle operation also destroyed by unknown persons.
South African Muslims furious at ‘halal pork’ scandal
South African Muslims have reacted with outrage to allegations that a leading meat importer labelled pork as halal.
The head of Cape Town-based Orion Cold Storage said he had received death threats since the allegation surfaced. He says he is the victim of a smear campaign by rival businesses.
Muslim companies have obtained a court order banning Orion from using the halal label, which means food has been prepared according to Islamic law.
Muslims are banned from eating pork.
‘Extortion’
The company has also been accused of relabelling kangaroo meat from Australia and water buffalo meat from India as halal, even though they were not approved by South Africa’s Muslim Judicial Council (MJC), which issues halal certificates in the country.
The MJC said it had suspended its dealings with Orion.
Orion has, in turn, laid charges of sabotage, blackmail and extortion against two rival businessmen.
It acknowledges that some pork may have been labelled halal, but alleges that its rivals paid some of its employees to switch products and labels before being loaded on to trucks destined for South Africa’s main province, Gauteng, says the BBC’s Mohammed Allie in Cape Town.
Orion head Patrick Gaertner told a local radio station that, whatever the outcome of the case, it would take his company several years to rebuild its reputation.
He said he had received several death threats while his company’s delivery vehicles had also been damaged.
Cape Town is home to South Africa’s oldest Muslim community.
South African Muslims have reacted with outrage to allegations that a leading meat importer labeled pork as halal
South African Muslims have reacted with outrage to allegations that a leading meat importer labeled pork as halal
The head of Cape Town-based Orion Cold Storage said that he had received death threats since the allegation surfaced. He says that he is the victim of a smear campaign by rival businesses. Muslim companies have obtained a court order banning Orion from using the halal label, which means food has been prepared according to Islamic law. Muslims are banned from eating pork.
The company has also been accused of relabeling kangaroo meat from Australia and water buffalo meat from India as halal, even though they were not approved by South Africa's Muslim Judicial Council (MJC), which issues halal certificates in the country.
The MJC said that it had suspended its dealings with Orion. Orion has, in turn, laid charges of sabotage, blackmail and extortion against two rival businessmen. It acknowledges that some pork may have been labeled halal, but says that its rivals paid some of its employees to switch products and labels before being loaded on to trucks destined for South Africa's main province Gauteng.
Orion head Patrick Gaertner told a local radio station that, whatever the outcome of the case, it would take his company several years to rebuild its reputation. He said that he had received several death threats while his company's delivery vehicles had also been damaged. Cape Town is home to South Africa's oldest Muslim community.
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1. Cape Town has South Africa’s oldest Muslim community
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