Instead, customers can eat food that is not from the halal-certified restaurant in certain cases, such as with birthday cakes and baby food, Muis said. - Only disposable cutlery is used for the outside food. Muis said McDonald's Singapore had not consulted it before making its media statement on Jan 5. It added that it has since contacted McDonald's Singapore, and "appreciates McDonald's Singapore's approach in only allowing halal-certified birthday cakes in its restaurants". Faz Hussen, director of government relations and communications at McDonald's Singapore, told ST on Tuesday that McDonald's Singapore is "fully committed to the conditions and principles of the Singapore Halal Quality Management System (HalMQ) in ensuring that the food we serve is suitable for consumption for our Muslim friends".

Source: The Star January 11, 2017 03:28 UTC