Fatwa #362131 January 2002Canada

What is the criteria for halal/haram food in Canada? Is there a Mufti here?

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Salam I live in Canada and am having trouble eating halal. There are strict opinions (eg: for cheese, it is haram if the bacteria used were cloned/synthesized from bacteria obtained from pork) or very lenient (eg: unless it explicitly says pork, alcohol, etc., everything is halal). I have also heard of something called principle of transformation which makes certain chemicals obtained from pork halal. Please help me, I'm a very confused Hanafi. Wassalam, Omar

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We advise you contact Mufti Aslam in Toronto. He is a teacher in Hadith at
Ajax Darul Uloom.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai

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