A SCHOOL dinner lady has been sacked after accidentally serving pork to aMuslim pupil.Alison Waldock, 51, made the mistake when seven-year-old Khadija Darr pointedto a gammon dish on the lunch menu and Alison put it on her plate.The school’s headteacher saw the youngster about to tuck into the meat — whichMuslims are not allowed to eat — and raised the alarm in the dinner hall.And Alison, who had dished up meals for 11 years, was booted out after theschool told the girl’s parents, who complained to catering firm chiefs.Last night British group Campaign Muslim4UK branded the decision to sackher “heavy-handed” and an “overreaction”.A spokesman said: “Mistakes occasionally happen. I’m sure the overwhelmingmajority of Muslim parents would be understanding.”Khadija’s parents Rumana and Zahid contacted bosses at caterers Lunchtime UKafter hearing of the error at Queen Edith Primary School in Cambridge.The firm then fired Alison for gross misconduct due to “negligence,carelessness or idleness”.But the mum of two said: “I feel the school and catering company made me ascapegoat so they can’t be seen as politically incorrect. I was really upsetwhen I found out what I’d done.“I’d never have done something like this on purpose. It was a simple mistake —I was so gutted with the school’s reaction. I really enjoyed the job and I’dnever had any problems before.”Alison was suspended while a probe took place then axed a month later after anappeal.She said there were around 40 pupils with various dietary requirements and itwas impossible to keep track of them with the documents she was given.She added: “I asked, ‘Do you want the gammon?’ and she said yes, so I servedit to her.“When the headteacher found out she was not happy. But there are 200-oddchildren to feed and I don’t know who is a Muslim or who is a vegetarian.“There is a list, but the pupils don’t wear name badges or stickers and wecan’t know them all.“I respect all of the children's beliefs, religions and meal choices. This wasjust one mistake. I think firing me was really harsh.”Khadija’s parents claimed the school told them Alison wasn’t concernedabout the error.Rumana, 33, said: “The person there said the dinner lady didn’t care or wasn’tthat bothered.”But shocked Alison insisted: “That’s just not true. If I saw the parentstoday, I would say sorry.”Lunchtime UK Operations director Peter McAleese said: “Anyone losing their jobis regretful. But there was a full and transparent procedure that Alisonwent through — as well as an appeals procedure which she lost.”A spokeswoman for Cambridgeshire County Council said: “The authority was notinvolved.”But Inayat Buglawala, chair of moderate group Campaign Muslim4UK, blastedAlison’s sacking.He said: “Dismissing a dinner lady for inadvertently serving pig meat is anoverreaction “The most sensible way to rectify such mistakes is to improveawareness of the pupils’ dietary requirements while apologising to thepupils and their parents.”UKIP leader Nigel Farage promised to take up Alison’s cause. He said: “I feeldesperately sorry for her. If she’d served gammon to a vegetarian would shehave been fired? I think not.”Read more: www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/5042919/dinner-lady-sacke