Muslim man is outraged to see pig's trotters being sold at a 'halal' food store

A man  was outranged when he saw a halal food store in China had been selling pig's trotters, as a recently emerged video shows. In the video shows, the customers, believed to be a Muslim, confronted the shopkeepers and demanded that they remove the braised pig's trotters at once. the three female shopkeepers first claimed tge pig's trotters were a beef, then they argued that had known that pork is not allowed at a halal food store.

At the beginning of the video, the man can be heard telling the shopkeepers to close down their store. He said: 'The signboard says you're a halal store, but here you are selling pork.' The signboard inside the store suggested that the shop was called Yi Sai Beef, a halal food franchise in China. The man then pointed at a plate of what appeared to be pork and challenged the female shopkeepers: 'What are these?'

The sign above the dish read 'braised pig's trotters'. One shopkeeper answered: 'It's beef.' However, her colleague then admitted to the customer: 'This is pork.' The man demanded that they remove the 'halal' sign from the shopfront and take away the pig's trotters. The shopkeeper who admitted to sell pork said 'we are selling them temporarily' before walking away. Another shopkeeper is seen receiving another customer. At the end of the video, one of the shopkeepers told the man to go and find their bosses because 'there is nothing we can do'.

A customer was outraged after he found pig's trotters on sale at a halal food store in China

The sign above the dish (left) read 'braised pig's trotters', but the shopkeepers said there was nothing they could do about it

The video was reportedly filmed in June, 2016. The shop was said to be located in Jiaozuo city, central China's Henan Province, where around one million Muslims live. After the video became popular online, Yi Sai Beef released a statement in response to the incident. The brand claimed that they had carried out an investigation. The shop featured in the video was selling Yi Sai beef, however it was not an licensed franchise, according to the brand. Yi Sai said in the statement that they had removed their logo and the halal sign from that shop. The company apologised to the Chinese Muslims in the statement and said they would 'strengthen the management of franchises'.

There are around 23 million Muslims living in China - less than 2 per cent of the country's population of 1.3 billion. Above, Chinese Muslims were pictured attending a morning prayer session to celebrate Eid al-Fitr in Beijing in July, 2016

According to Henan National Chamber of Commerce, it is not uncommon to see pork being sold at halal food counters or food stores in the province, which has the sixth largest Muslim population in China.

In a statement on its website, The Chamber of Commerce called for attention from the Chinese authorities to 'step up their management and supervision into the halal food market'.

There are around 23 million Muslims living in China - less than 2 per cent of the country's population of 1.3 billion. Most of the Chinese Muslims live in the north-western part of the country near Russia and Central Asia. 

Over the years, China has been troubled by a tension between the Muslims and the Hans, who are the dominant ethnicity group in China.

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