what's the current status of IKEA cafe @Msia yer?

sbb dulu2 ie, ada issue cafe Ikea tak halal sampai kena tutup kan...

byk jer sources kat internet psl penutupan sementara cafe tu..tp that was in year 2005 ie 5 years back... me tak sure plak whether now cafe Ikea tu dh dpt status halal dari jakim? kalau ada saper2 yg tau, may be boleh share2 kan..

ni me copy paste yg me google:

IKEA: We ensure our food is halal

New Straits Times, Mar 24, 2005

KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. - IKEA Retail Malaysia has taken stringent measures to

ensure that food sold in its restaurant and cafe complies with the

Government's strict halal manufacturing regulations.

Asia's largest furniture retail store closed its restaurant and cafe

last week for ritual cleansing after it was told by the religious

authorities to stop selling sausages suspected to be non-halal.

IKEA's food service operations assistant manager, Syahroel Azman

(picture), said the cleansing was done by 80 of the store's Muslim staff

supervised by the Selangor Religious Affairs Department.

"We cleaned all our utensils and cutlery, even the cups, the kitchen

racks and the storage area, which included the walk-in chiller and the

Exit Cafe area. All three of our ovens were also cleaned," he said.

Assistant manager for logistics Roszalena Mashurdin said IKEA's prompt

action was to reassure not only its Muslim customers but also its staff.

"The staff at IKEA's restaurant and cafe are predominantly Muslim and

the company wanted to make sure our religious interests are not

compromised," she said.

IKEA plans to verify and validate the halal certificates of its 11

frozen food suppliers, ensuring they sign a statute of declaration

stating that their current halal certificates were valid.

IKEA general manager Joseph Lau said only after this was done would the

cafe be re-opened, adding that the supply agreement with Muller Sausage

Haus Sdn Bhd, the food company which supplied the suspected sausages to

IKEA, had been terminated.

During a raid last Monday led by the Malaysian Muslim Consumers'

Association, Muller Sausages was one of two food factories found to be

producing sausages using animal-based products for casings.

Even the company's halal certification had also expired.

and one more source yg me google:

Berikut adalah senarai brand sosej yg tidak halal. 6 jenama sosej yang telah dikenalpasti dicampur usus babi adalah

1· Gourmessa
2· Muller’s Haus
2· Dew Fresh
4· Puteri
5· Miami Butcher House
6· Maspac

Pengilang yang mengeluarkan produk sosej yang menggunakan usus babi dan memasarkan di pasaran tempatan adalah;

1· Deluxe Food Services Sdn Bhd di Shah Alam (Gourmessa)
2· German Delicatessen – Subang (Muller’s Haus dan Dew Fresh)
3· Puteri Pan Pacific (Puteri)
4· MiamiButcher House – Batu Feringgi (MiamiButcher House)
5· Omcorp Sdn Bhd – Bukit Angkat Kajang (Dew Fresh)
6· Pacific Refgerating Sdn Bhd (Maspac)

Projek Koordinator PPIM, Noor Nirwandy Mat Noordin berkata, di antara hotel dan restoran yang disyaki menyajikan dan menjual sosej menggunakan usus babi adalah

1· Palace of Golden Horses
2· Coffee Bean Tea Leaf
3· Hotel Equatorial
4· Ikea Cafe
5· Muller Sausage.

bukannya apa, sbb me selalu gak terbaca kat few blogs -some my blogger frens and some masa me BW, that diorang suka benar mkn meat ball kat Ikea cafe tu...kalau halal orait jer :)
me plak tak pernah mkn kat cafe Ikea tu...even me shopping dgn jayanya kat Ikea...tp me selalu beli hotdog/sosej kat outlet/food counter yg dekat check-out counter tu...adoyai..kalau sosej tu tak halal, cian me kan..tak sengaja mkn benda2 gitu...