McDonald’s faces flak for serving halal meat in India

After food delivery platform Zomato, McDonald’s India is now facing a major backlash over serving Halal meat to its customers.

A Twitter user asked McDonald’s India whether their restaurants are Halal certified, the company said it does serve Halal meat to its customers.

Thank you for taking the time to contact McDonald's India. We truly appreciate this opportunity to respond to your comments.
The meat that we use, across our restaurants, is of the highest quality and is sourced from government-approved suppliers who are HACCP certified. (1/2)
— McDonald's India (@mcdonaldsindia) August 22, 2019

All our restaurants have HALAL certificates. You can ask the respective restaurant Managers to show you the certificate for your satisfaction and confirmation. (2/2)
— McDonald's India (@mcdonaldsindia) August 22, 2019

Soon after this, the hashtag #BoycottMcdonalds began to trend on Twitter.

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In #Halal the slaughter of animal is done in #Islamic ritual by reciting tasmiya or shahada in the name of #Allah. Also the animal suffer excruciating pain in the process.

Why should Hindus forming 88% of your customers base consume such meat?@SouleFacts #BoycottMcDonalds
— ?? Bharat ye rehna chahiye ?? (@iamniteshnaik) August 22, 2019

Wow I didn’t knew that you are an Islamic Foodchain franchise.?

I will never eat from this restaurant which serves food gone through Islamic practices.

You won’t survive a day in India by catering only to 15% Muslims.?#boycottmcdonalds https://t.co/A01BBfKAIz
— Upasana Singh (@upasanatigress) August 23, 2019

Thanks for the info what about jhatka meat which we Hindus eat either start serving or we ain't gonna come to ur outlets ever #boycottmcdonalds
— nitin shetty (@nitingshetty) August 23, 2019

Some people also came out in support of the food chain.

#boycottmcdonalds
Really people ? This is what u want to trend? Kfc and mac does not sell beef or pork respecting religious sentiments. Lets not make an issue out of everything. Does it matter to a meat eating hindu how the meat is cut. Grow up!
— Jai Hind (@AnitaNa10941440) August 23, 2019

Meat is meat….an animal is sacrificed to satisfy uo appetite whether it's halal or non halal..even if it is not halal ,that poor creature still suffers n bears d pain of being killed so u should stop uoself calling hindu n overreacting on such petty issues #boycottmcdonalds
— monika jain (@jainmonika444) August 23, 2019

In a similar incident, Zomato faced flak after it said that food doesn’t have any religion while responding to a customer who refused to accept an order delivered by a Muslim delivery guy.