[MontaniSemperLiberi]

I heard this on a talk radio show the other day and found it hard to believe. I found the above customer response on some blog and still found it hard to believe. Yet going to the butterball web site, I find out it's true:

Trusted Value. Amazing Variety. Great Taste.

With expertise in catering to the cultural and linguistic needs of countries all around the world, we are USDA Approved, Russian Approved, and Halal Certified. Butterball has a wide-array of product choices to serve almost any price point and market, and will work with you to meet specific product needs. With both the Butterball and Carolina Turkey brands, you will find all of the high-quality products and experience you need to make every meal a celebration.

http://products.butterballcorp.com/intl/#

For those of us unfamiliar with halal, the Butterball website has a helpful definition,

Halal – an Arabic word which means “lawful” or “allowed.” The opposite of halal is haram, which means “unlawful” or “prohibited”. Halal foods are foods that are permitted for consumption by Muslims under Islamic law. All foods are considered halal except the following, which are haram: swine/pork and its by-products; animals improperly slaughtered or dead before slaughtering; animals killed in the name of anyone other than Allah (God); alcohol and intoxicants; carnivorous animals, birds of prey and animals without external ears; blood and blood by-products; foods contaminated with any of the above products. Foods containing ingredients such as gelatin, enzymes, emulsifiers, etc. are questionable (mashbooh) because of the origin of these ingredients is not known.

http://www.butterball.com/tips-how-tos/tips/glossary-of-cooking-terms#H

[manc]

well I won’;t ever be getting their products again.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Oh, they’d have to be if they expect to sell them in Turkey.

[Cicero]

Butterball seems very mashbooh to me.

[Larry Lucido]

But is it Kosher?

[Jack Hydrazine]

But it isn’t certified kosher!!!!

And kosher is way more stringent than halal!

Think of halal as ‘wannabe kosher’ but never will be.

[stboz]

Harram....sounds just like the stinkin’ EPA.

[muawiyah]

Two of America's most important agricultural products are TURKEY and CHICKEN.

We can drop either animal as a frozen block in any nation on Earth, even Congo, and sell it for less than a fresh local bird!

It's meat you can trust.

[muir_redwoods]

A little sausage stuffing will fix that

[Zakeet]

Sorry, but this Libtard ad got to me, so this season we're going to lay off the turkey and go with a different halal meat.

[arderkrag]

Butterball Turkeys are Halal (No, not kidding)

Whoop-de-frickin'-doo. I haven't bought a Butterball product in years. Haven't been satisfied with the last few I've purchased. Now, Jeannie-O, on the other hand, makes GREAT turkey stuff.

[Jim from C-Town]

I do not see a problem wit this. Thanksgiving is a true American Holiday. Turkeys are the key main dish and Americans of Muslim faith should be expected to partake in this common American tradition. Religious Muslims are interested in following their dietary traditions, like religious Jews and other traditional religions.

The fact that the company goes to the trouble to become Kosher or Halal is not a negative at all.

[The Great RJ]

Perhaps a reason to serve ham this year.

[jafojeffsurf]

So, lets put one over on them!

“not what goes into the mouth defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.” Mathew 15:11

“Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside cannot defile him, since it enters, not his heart but his stomach, and so passes on?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.) And he said, “What comes out of a man is what defiles a man. Mark 7:17-20

If you already purchased one, Say a blessing over it in the name of Our Lord Jesus (who conquers All), cook and then eat it.

[Gene Eric]

If in doubt, wash it off by giving thanks to Christ.

[reg45]

AFAIK: Any food product which qualifies as kosher (other than alcohol products) will also qualify as halal.

[autumnraine]

Tyson is also Halal.

[Lloyd227]

This is rather silly to be upset about unless you’ve never seen a turkey (or any other bird) slaughtered. They are ALL done in the same way and unless someone is praying over them “to anything other than Allah” the every turkey every slaughtered is “Halal”.

[WKUHilltopper]

Apparently this company does have butter balls.

[grayeagle]

Before giving up on Butterball check this product out...

Turkey breast wrapped in bacon

[FatherofFive]

Who cares?

Eat a fresh, hormone & chemical free bird. Amazing difference in taste.