Chitchat Fish & Co and Delifrance Singapore no longer Halal certified

[bobby]

Food chains Fish & Co and Delifrance Singapore have lost their halal certifications after failing to renew them this year.

Fish & Co's certification expired in March and Delifrance's in June.

An Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) spokesman said Fish & Co's 12 outlets have not been halal certified since April 1.

He said the chain's renewal application in February was rejected for not meeting Muis' Halal Certification Conditions. (See report at right.)
"As of now, we have yet to receive any new halal applications from them," he added.

In a Facebook post last Wednesday, Fish & Co said it was still complying with Muis' halal standards.

It added that its halal certification consultant, HalalHub, is working on renewing the certification, which is valid for a year.

When contacted, HalalHub chief executive Ustaz Azmi Abdul Samad told TNP that the renewal application was rejected due to "incomplete information".

He declined to say what information was missing but said HalalHub would submit a new application on behalf of Fish & Co once it has all the required documents.

The Muis spokesman also confirmed that Delifrance Singapore's 19 outlets are no longer halal-certified.
"Delifrance certificates had expired on June 30. To date, we have yet to receive any new halal applications from them," he added.

Delifrance Singapore is facing such a situation for the first time in 16 years of being halal-certified, said its general manager, Mr Alvin Goo.

He said the company is working to resolve some technical issues, which "are not related to food preparation, materials used or presentation".
"We are taking necessary actions and engaging in active discussions with the relevant authorities as well as working with an expert in the field to resolve them."

TNP understands that its renewal application was rejected this year because of new regulations requiring all related companies with the same name to be verified as halal before they can be certified.

However, Delifrance Singapore is not able to compel the original France-based company, which sells frozen bakery products here as Delifrance Singapore Wholesale, to be halal-certified.

Mr Goo said: "The complexity of the technical issues will take time to be resolved.
"We assure our customers that we would never, in any circumstance, use or sell any non-halal products in our outlets."

Business experts said that being halal-certified has its pros and cons.

Mr Samuel Tan, course manager of the Diploma in Retail Management at Temasek Polytechnic, said halal businesses could attract more customers.
"But those seeking halal certification must be ready to overhaul their entire operations, including ingredients, food handling, facilities and staffing."

He said it is possible to have both halal and non-halal options. "One strategy is to re-brand the business with selected halal outlets under a new name. For example, Han's Cafe has rebranded to Hanis and likewise Aston's restaurants to Andes."

 

[bobby]

If need to be completely halah...strictly speaking only Muslims can handle the food too?

 

[Hypocrite-The]

If they serve pork. They will get my biz

 

[congo9]

Halal Certify is a hussle. Got to hire a Muslim to be in stall all the time.

Got to pay a lot more for all the certification. Make no sense at all. The spending power of Malays here is not as great, compared to the cost and the effort needed for Halal Certification.

 

[sweetiepie]

Halal Certify is a hussle. Got to hire a Muslim to be in stall all the time.

Got to pay a lot more for all the certification. Make no sense at all. The spending power of Malays here is not as great, compared to the cost and the effort needed for Halal Certification.

KNN the cert is for the outside people to feel safe not the operator KNN by logic the whole island need to be halal in order to be halal with chop KNN

 

[congo9]

I give up Halal certification if i am them.

 

[eatshitndie]

how to resist this?

 

[songsongjurong]

if halal joints need to hire malay, isnt that affirmative action ? sinkie NEP ? bumi rights ?

 

[JohnTan]

Halal Certify is a hussle. Got to hire a Muslim to be in stall all the time.

Got to pay a lot more for all the certification. Make no sense at all. The spending power of Malays here is not as great, compared to the cost and the effort needed for Halal Certification.

The halal cert ensures preferential job hiring for muslims and it is also an important source of funding for mosques and islamic activities. If I were an imam, I would teach muslims to take halal certification extremely seriously. Imagine tens of thousands of F&B outlets paying for halal certifications every year. It's a gold mine!

And it's a huge ego boost to know that everyone, regardless of their religious beliefs, have to fund islam.

 

[Semaj2357]

Halal Certify is a hussle. Got to hire a Muslim to be in stall all the time.

Got to pay a lot more for all the certification. Make no sense at all. The spending power of Malays here is not as great, compared to the cost and the effort needed for Halal Certification.

only need a minimum of 2 muslim cooks and you can form an internal committee to save costs of the halal consultant (5-6k).
can be accorded halal-certified for one year or two years

 

[Rogue Trader]

Le Penn's nationalist agenda spreading to delifrance

 

[glockman]

I would rather Fish & Co and Delifrance forego this stupid halal cert. Why bother to cater to this minority? Just let them go to Swensen's on their pay day.

 

[no_faith]

Apply allah halal cert need to outsource to a vendor, halal certificate office to help apply
Then this halal office how many staff actually working in the office? Or is a one man show? Or outsource and re-outsource?

 

[no_faith]

I would rather Fish & Co and Delifrance forego this stupid halal cert. Why bother to cater to this minority? Just let them go to Swensen's on their pay day.

Swensens only once per month on payday
Rest of the days eat tenderfresh 可爱鸡

 

[Rogue Trader]

Malays don't like to eat non spicy and non super sweet stuff. I expect Fish & Co and delifrance food to get better with this move

 

[JohnTan]

I would rather Fish & Co and Delifrance forego this stupid halal cert. Why bother to cater to this minority? Just let them go to Swensen's on their pay day.

Islamic organizations will get muslims to pressure these restaurants to pay up. It's money for the mosques and islamic activities. And it also expands muslims' public space at the expense of those who do not eat halal.

Money paid for halal certification also goes to paying imams' salaries. So, whenever you see a radical islamic preacher preaching hate, take comfort that you indirectly helped pay his salary by patronizing restaurants that paid for halal certs.

 

[syed putra]

Whole island should be halal certified. Those who want to eat non halal food, please go to hainan island.
A good option is pork free.this save paying for halal certification.

 

[Leongsam]

Whole island should be halal certified. Those who want to eat non halal food, please go to hainan island.

Yes you are absolutely right the whole region is Muslim and the Chinese are allowed to stay till this day thanks to the courtesy and the generosity of the native Muslim population.

If the Chinese want to eat and smell like pigs they should fuck off back to China where they came from.

 

[glockman]

Yes you are absolutely right the whole region is Muslim and the Chinese are allowed to stay till this day thanks to the courtesy and the generosity of the native Muslim population.

If the Chinese want to eat and smell like pigs they should fuck off back to China where they came from.

Had it not been for the chinks, the m&ds would still be using dug out canoes and living in trees. They ought to kowtow to their benefactors and accept their lower place in the economic and social strata.

 

[Rogue Trader]

Yes you are absolutely right the whole region is Muslim and the Chinese are allowed to stay till this day thanks to the courtesy and the generosity of the native Muslim population.

If the Chinese want to eat and smell like pigs they should fuck off back to China where they came from.

the SEA region is not 'native muslim"you dumb twat. If muslims want a halal region they can fuck off to Saudi region and live like goat herders