Photo: Bottles of Kikkoman soy sauce on a shelf in Penang, Malaysia, on April 11, 2017. TY Lim/Shutterstock

Experts call for soy sauce halal certification after UAE withdraws two products


 

In August and September the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MoCCAE) withdrew two types of Kikkoman soy sauce from the market after finding alcohol content in them, causing some confusion as to the halal-ness and halal certification status of soy sauces sold in the country.

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Condiments
Fermentation
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Emmy Abdul Alim and Susan Labadi