THIS IS DERIVED FROM A NEWSPAPER , ARTICLE BY YASIR MOHAMMAD KHAN DATE 23-29 AUGUST,2002

One of my friends , Sheikh Sahib works in pegal, France in department of food . his work was to register all make up goods, foods and medicines. when ever any company was putting something in market first its ingredients were approved by DEPARTMENT OF FOOD - FRANCE and as Sheikh sahib worked there he knew what the ingredients were, because he was on the laboratory quality control.

Many of these ingredients contained scientific names but some of them have mathematical names like E-904, E-141, and Sheikh sahib was astonished what were these, one day he asked his officer in charge who was a French and he replied," just do your job, don't ask questions" but this rouse suspicion in Sheikh sahib's mind and he started looking for it in files.

WHAT WAS FOUND, WAS ENOUGH TO ASTONISH ANY MUSLIM IN THE WORLD. Nearly in all countries of the world including EUROPE , PIG is the staple food for meat. there are a lot of forms in these countries to breed this animal(PIG). ONLY IN FRANCE PIG FARMS COUNT MORE THAN 42000.

Pigs are ready for cutting for meat when they reach a certain age which is there favorite. pig has the highest quantity of fats in its body than any animal on earth. but Europeans and Americans don't eat fats. THUS where should these fats go from the carcasses of these MILLIONS OF PIGS.

All pigs are cut in slaughter houses under the control of department of food. and it was the headache of department of food to wastes the fats from the pigs.

Formally it was burnt (till nearly 60 yrs ago) but than they thought why not use it instead of wasting it to generate money. thus they started using it in SOAPS and the experiment was successful.

Then a full network was ! built, this fat was chemically processed, packed and marketed , while other companies purchased it. Mean while all European states made it a rule that every food and medicine item's ingredients must be enlisted on the PRODUCT.

So it was listed called PIG FAT, those who live in Europe from last 40 years know it but these products where than BANNED by ISLAMIC STATES AT THAT TIME and these companies faced a net trade deficit, which also effected the economy of the country in which they were centralized .

When the companies were asked by Muslim countries authorities, what animal fat is it, they said they are cow and goat fat. here again a question arose, if these are cow or goat fat, still they are HARRAM, to Muslims, as these animals are not killed by Muslim rules.

Thus they were again banned. Now these multinational companies were again facing a severe drought of money, as the 75% of their income comes from selling these goods to Muslim countries. They get BILLIONS OF DOLLARS of profit from the export to Muslim world.

So they decided to start a coding language, so that only their countries departments of food administration should know what they are using , and all others should not know what is in it.

Thus they started E-CODES , NOW BECAUSE THESE GOODS ARE USED IN ALL MUSLIM WORLDS INDISCRIMINATELY, OUR SOCIETY IS FACING PROBLEMS LIKE, SHAMELESSNESS, RUDENESS AND SEXUAL STRAY.

These E-INGREDIENTS are present in majority of products of multinational firms including Tooth paste, Shaving cream, Chewing gum, Chocolate, Sweets, Biscuits, Corn flakes, Toffees, Tin packed foods, Tin fruits, Some medications, Multi-vitamins etc.

SO I REQUEST ALL MUSLIMS TO JUST CHECK THE INGREDIENTS OF THESE ABOVE MENTIONED AND ALL USAGE STUFF , AND MATCH IT WITH THE FOLLOWING LIST IF SOME THING FROM THE FOLLOWING LIST IS FOUND JUST; AVOID THAT BECAUSE IT HAS GOT PIG FATS IN IT E-CODES:

E100, E110, E120, E140, E141, E153, E210, E213, E214, E216, E234, E252, E270, E280, E325, E326, E327, E334, E335, E336, E337, E422, E430, E431, E432, E433, E434, E435, E436, E440, E470, E471, E472, E473, E474, E475, E476, E477, E478, E481, E482, E483, E491, E492, E493, E494, E495, E542, E570, E572, E631, E635, E904.

Unless otherwise mentioned specifically as Vegetable! le fat(Derived from Vegetables) these codes could contain Animal(Pork) fat.

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Question: Many processed foods contain substances that are represented in product labels by e-codes. These substances - mainly used as emulsifiers - are often derived from lard and other animal fats. What should a Muslim do with such foods?
Answered by Sheikh `Abd al-Rahm�n al-Jar`�, professor at King Kh�lid University in Abh�
Each code stands for a particular chemical. The issue requires first finding out exactly what each e-code stands for. This can be solicited from the experts in the appropriate fields.
If it is established that a certain chemical is always of porcine origin, then it will be unlawful to eat products containing that e-code in their list of ingredients.
However, if the e-code stands for a certain chemical of uncertain origin, since a good number of these chemicals can be derived from a variety of sources, then a Muslim may consume a product containing that e-code in its ingredients. The legal principle being employed here is that any issue wherein there is doubt is presumed to be nonexistent.
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For further studies:
http://www.muslimtents.com/aminahsworld/Ecodes.html
E Number List: http://www.bryngollie.freeserve.co.uk/Enumbers.htm
E Number List: http://www.foodlaw.rdg.ac.uk/additive.htm#3