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China’s popular milk-based sweets, White Rabbit Creamy Candy was sent for a laboratory analysis by Brunei’s Ministry of Religious Affairs (MoRA), and results have shown that the candy contains pig protein.

With the result test, MoRA has officially labeled the White Rabbit candy brand as non-halal and sought importers and retailers’ cooperation to isolate the product and to place it in a non-Halal section of supermarkets.

The ministry warned Muslim consumers to avoid the Chinese-made product which has been going viral globally including Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei, after America introduced White Rabbit candy-flavoured ice-cream.

Several local ice cream makers in Brunei such as Project Ice Cream and Rumah Gelato have decided to discontinue the White Rabbit-flavoured ice cream flavour and will take necessary measures to properly clean their equipment and facilities.

During the weekend, MoRA said the Halal Food Control Division had submitted samples of the candy to the Ministry of Health’s Department of Scientific Services and found that the ingredients contained pork protein, The Scoop reports.

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