Halal or not, food hygiene comes first!

Posted to Facebook on 12/1/2012 at 12:00 AM
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This is a post not restricted to followers of any specific religious belief. I may be ignorant, but I believe that if God is truly a living god, it will not just tell His creation specifically via some prophets not to consume Halal food, pork, cow, etc, but also not to smoke, take hard drugs, drive like idiots on the roads killing innocent people - the evils of modern time.

Food hygiene of yesterday was not a discussion topic, and therefore "rules" were stipulated and must be followed. Now, we understand how food hygiene can affect our health and general wellbeing. However, even knowing food hygiene and strict regulations on food handling and Food Acts, food sellers and consumers just ignore them and take risks in the name of convenience and enjoyment.

The restaurant food may be Halal, but the food handler can conteminate the food in more ways than you can imagine.

Cancer Council wants to kill Paddle Pop lion and Coco Pops monkey

Posted to Adelaide Now (10/9/2011) on 12/9/2011 at 5:42 AM
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Where is free speech? WikiLeaks is banned then comes plain cigarette packaging. What's wrong with the Food Acts?

Obesity is a lifestyle choice, no difference from people who take up extreme sports, or practise as snake catcher.

If we are fair dinkum about teaching those who can't help themselves, then let those people who consume excess fatty foods, sugar, alcohol or anything that are classified as health hazard pay their related medical treatment out of their own pockets. The public health system and Medicare WILL not be responsible. If they can't pay, they will have to suffer due to their own stupidity.

As a marketer, I protest strongly about plain packaging. Being different is fundamental to brand / product differentiation. Do we expect more generic brand foods in every food outlet?

I don't like to see Australia to become one of those Communist countries where freedom of speech and expression are premium.

Are we going to see banning of Google? Will there be forced closure of McDonalds, Hungry Jacks or KFC unless their products are fat-reduced? Is this the end of Australian sugar and butter industries?

Please publish this comment - just to show that free speech is NOT dead!