Halal food

A list of imported food items recently presented to a committee of the National Assembly shows that 19 products openly sold in the country contain ingredients like white and red wine, gelatine and E120 (animal-based food colour).
Some of the food items containing chicken have been placed on the list due to doubts about the slaughtering mechanism since stunning is prohibited in Islam. The authorities concerned should take steps to ban the import of such food items that contain haram ingredients and regulate the trade of edible items.
Sidra Talha
Karachi