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Campbell Soup's Canadian Halal Certification Stirs Protest

Oct 19, 2010 – 12:52 PM
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Lisa Flam

Lisa Flam Contributor

(Oct. 19) -- A grass-roots movement has sprung up to protest the Campbell Soup Co. over the organization it's using to certify products sold in Canada as halal.

The Camden, N.J., food company's Canadian subsidiary began offering halal soups, or those made in accordance with Islamic dietary laws, in January, The Washington Post reports.

Pamela Geller called for a boycott through her widely read blog, Atlas Shrugs, the paper said. She is against the food giant's decision to use the Islamic Society of North America to certify the products.

The society was alleged by government prosecutors to have ties to the terrorist group Hamas in a 2007 conspiracy case, the Post says, which the society denies.

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"I'm not against halal food any more than I'm against kosher food. My issue is who's doing the certifying," Geller told the Post.

Campbell spokesman John Faulkner said the company investigated the society and found "no issues of concern," the Post said.

"We point out to the people supporting this [boycott] that they are a very legitimate entity," Faulkner said. "We feel very comfortable working with them."

The Boycott Campbell Soup Facebook page is "liked" by nearly 4,000 people.

Read more at The Washington Post.
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