Posted on 07/03/2016 10:59:45 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
A student says he was horrified to find he had bit into a bacon sandwich at college when he had bought a tuna one.
The college say they have strict controls in place and will ensure such an incident will not happen again.
Usmaan Akram a student at Preston’s College says he was disgusted when he realised what he had done.
“It was in a plain packet and I thought it was the tuna one I normally buy.
“It was labelled tuna.
“When I went back to the staff they said it was halal chicken so I got a friend who is non-Muslim to check it and he confirmed it was bacon.
“I went back to the staff and only then did the one of the manager admit that it was bacon.
“It happened just before Ramadan and I am always careful what I eat and I felt sick after the incident.”
He said he managed to take a picture of the product before it was taken away from him by staff.
A spokesperson from Preston’s College said: “Preston’s College works hard to ensure its students, staff and visitors receive a high quality and wide selection of catering services ran by its sub-contractor Chartwells.
“As such, we would like to directly apologise to the student for the incident and make assurances that we have taken steps with our catering company to ensure this does not happen again.”
A spokesperson from Chartwells added: “We are committed to providing our customers with a high level of quality and choice, serving a range of dietary requirements including a strong halal offering. In this instance, this was an unfortunate error made by one of our colleagues.
“We recognise the sensitivity of this mistake and sincerely apologise. We have re-briefed our staff and updated the labelling of our products to ensure it won’t happen again.”
A moslem ate some bacon...apocalypse to follow. Yawn.
To be fair... Ihad Malaysian Muslim friends back in Texas. I was their official food taster to make sure there was no pork. Just about everything there had pork one way or another. Even if the server said “there’s no pork” there was pork.
Why it is an international incident though, is beyond me.
I volunteer at an inner city soup kitchen. The ladies who cook put all kinds of donated stuff in the mix. Muslim guys always want to know if there’s pork.
I tell them “there’s more hogs than people here in Indiana” so it’s pretty likely.
Oh, the humanity! I LOL’ed at the headline.
Wanna bet it was all a set up? Likely, the "friend" bought a bacon sandwich and they switched so he could get aTtEnTiOn, "Ooh, look at MEEEE! The big bad white American meanies forced me to eat bacon and now I *feel* sick."
Allah says:
HEY STUPID, look before you bite!!!!!! when you get food in public places, that you haven’t prepared.
That would be more likely.
No 72 virgins for you!
You’re welcome?
I’d go with your explanation ... seems right for this day and age.
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