London: Supermarket stops selling fresh non-halal meat

London: Supermarket stops selling fresh non-halal meat


For some reason Asda is not advertising this move, though it is running a big campaign around its new Asian clothing line and it's first World Food Store.



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SUPERMARKET giant Asda has risked sparking a racial backlash in the place where the BNP won its first ever council, by closing its traditional fresh meat counter and replacing it with a halal only section.


The chain has decided to make the move at its large store on the Isle of Dogs, east London.


Within weeks, anyone wanting fresh pork chops or ham off the bone will have to go to the pre-packed meat section, with Muslim customers having a wider choice from the halal counter.


Asda insisted it was “responding to customer demand” and had done a deal with a local halal butcher to reflect the ethnic make up of the area’s population.


Yet figures show that while the borough of Tower Hamlets is almost half Muslim, the Isle of Dogs is about 80 per cent non-Bangladeshi.


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Politicians were concerned last night that the move could reignite racial tension on the Isle of Dogs, where Derek Beackon won the BNP’s first council seat in 1993.


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Source: Sunday Express