Comments on: Are Pork-fed “Porkfish” Kosher and Halal?

By: Laurie

Laurie — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:36:56 +0000

Martin – someone did start a petition to fight this ruling, see the link embedded in the story – fifth paragraph. Not change.org, but Avaaz – similar and I do believe effective at rousing public support. Check it out.

By: Martin Davies

Martin Davies — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 10:54:25 +0000

We do not need a comments page, we need a petitions page through such as change.org

By: Laurie

Laurie — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 14:46:23 +0000

Avaaz surely photo-shopped the pig fish for comic effect, but there’s not much funny about pink-dyed fish!

I wonder how exactly they uniformly dye the flesh – ughhhhhh

By: Maurice

Maurice — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 06:55:12 +0000

Actually some cheap brands of salmon, especially those raised in fish farms (and not feeding on crustaceans) have the pink color added in (food coloring). I bought some of this type not long ago; and as the old saying goes: you get what you pay for.

By the way, didn’t someone do a “photo shop” on the pork fish photo? I looked this fish up and it looks a bit different than the one shown here.

By: Laurie Balbo

Laurie Balbo — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 17:33:31 +0000

Maurice

A friend also noted that the reason wild salmon are pink-fleshed is because of all the crustaceans they eat (similar to why flamingos are pink). As someone who follows neither a kosher nor halal diet I wonder is this an issue or not in the respective religious communities?

(Or is it just a pig in a poke?)

By: Maurice

Maurice — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:32:50 +0000

There’s really no more connection here than growing mushrooms in pig manure – a common practice in China. I remember when a certain brand of canned mushrooms was taken off the market in Israel due to this issue.