The Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday banned the production, storage, distribution and sale of food products with halal certification with immediate effect while exempting products manufactured for export. In a statement, the state government alleged “malicious attempts” to discourage the use of products lacking a halal certificate not only seek “unfair financial benefits” but also form part of a “pre-planned strategy to sow class hatred, create divisions in society, and weaken the country” by “anti-national elements”. Strict legal measures will be taken against any individual or firm engaged in the production, storage, distribution, buying, and selling of halal-certified medicines, medical devices, and cosmetics within Uttar Pradesh, the statement said.
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00:00 The UP government on Saturday banned the production, storage, distribution and sale of food products
00:06 with halal certification, with immediate effect while exempting products manufactured for
00:11 export.
00:12 In a statement, the state government alleged, "Malicious attempts to discourage the use
00:16 of products lacking a halal certificate not only seek unfair financial benefits but also
00:22 form a part of a pre-planned strategy to sow class hatred, create divisions in society
00:28 and weaken the country by anti-national elements."
00:31 Strict legal measures will be taken against any individual or firm engaged in the production,
00:35 storage, distribution, buying and selling of halal-certified medicines, medical devices
00:40 and cosmetics within Uttar Pradesh, the statement said.
00:43 "Unrestrained propaganda is being disseminated within a particular section of society to
00:48 discourage the use of products lacking a halal certificate," the statement said.
00:52 "This harms the business interests of other communities," it added.
00:55 "There are also fears that the unfair advantage is being passed on to anti-social or anti-national
00:59 elements," the government said.
01:01 However, products manufactured for export will not be subject to the restrictions, it
01:06 said.
01:07 According to the statement, the UP government recently received information which indicated
01:10 that products such as dairy items, sugar, bakery products, peppermint oil, salty ready-to-eat
01:15 beverages and edible oils are being labelled with a halal certification.
01:19 Additionally, certain medicines, medical devices and cosmetic products are reported to feature
01:23 the halal certificate on their packaging or labelling, the statement said.
01:27 However, there are no provisions for marking halal certification on labels in the government
01:31 rules related to drugs, medical devices and cosmetics, nor is there any mention of halal
01:35 certification in the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and its related rules.
01:40 Any direct or indirect mention of halal certification on the labels of medicines, medical devices
01:44 or cosmetics constitutes falsification under the said Act, making it a punishable offence,
01:49 it said.
01:50 "Under the Act and rules applicable to food items, the Food Safety and Standards Authority
01:53 of India has been given the right to determine the standards of food items," the statement
01:58 said.
01:59 "Halal certification operating as a parallel system creates confusion regarding food quality,
02:03 violating government rules in this regard," it added.
02:05 An FIR on the matter was also registered in the Lucknow Commissionerate last Friday.
02:10 Entities such as Halal India Private Limited (Chinnai), Jamiat-Ulama-Hind Halal Trust (Delhi),
02:15 Halal Council of India (Mumbai), Jamiat-Ulama-Maharashtra and others have exploited religious sentiments
02:20 to boost sales by providing halal certificates to customers of a specific religion, the government
02:25 said, citing the FIR.
02:26 "Illegal businesses are being run for financial gain," the complainant has raised concerns
02:31 over a potential large-scale conspiracy indicating attempts to decrease the sales of products
02:35 from companies lacking the halal certificate, which is illegal, the statement said.
02:39 In a statement, Jamiat-Ulama-Hind Halal Trust termed the allegations as "baseless" and
02:44 said it will take necessary legal measures to counter such misinformation.
02:47 "We are due to government regulations, as emphasised in the Ministry of Commerce and
02:51 Industry notification, requiring all halal certification bodies to be registered by NABCB,
02:57 a milestone that Jamiat-Ulama-Hind Halal Trust has achieved," it said.
03:00 It is also a matter of choice of individuals and manufacturers preferring certain certifications
03:04 for their own satisfaction, based upon the credentials which certifying authorities enjoy.
03:09 It saves a large number of consumers from using products which they do not want for
03:13 a variety of reasons and ensures availability of need-based products in the market.
03:16 "Those who do not want to use said products are free not to use them," it further said.
03:21 The government claimed that through halal certification, unfair advantage is being passed
03:24 on to anti-social and anti-national elements.
03:28 The complainant further alleges that, under the guise of religion, unrestrained propaganda
03:32 is being disseminated within a particular section of society to discourage the use of
03:35 products lacking a halal certificate, it added.
03:39 This in turn harms the business interests of other communities, the government said
03:42 in its statement.
03:43 "Such a malicious attempt not only seeks unfair financial benefits by issuing halal
03:46 certificates for items meant for common citizens, but also forms part of a pre-planned strategy
03:51 to sow class hatred, create divisions in society and weaken the country," it said.
03:55 Many individuals beyond the owners and managers of the implicated companies are believed to
03:59 be a part of this criminal conspiracy, with potential links to anti-national activities,
04:03 it added.
04:04 The government also claimed that the government is not responsible for the use of such products.
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