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UK: College and catering firm apologize after Muslim student bites into bacon sandwich

Jul 3, 2016 9:31 am By Robert Spencer

In Egypt, Christians face the horror of having their homes destroyed and churches burned down by Muslim mobs. In the UK, this is the kind of horror that Muslims face. And note the solicitude of the college and catering firm over this bacon sandwich. This is the reality behind the insistent claims of rampant “Islamophobia” in the West: a horrifying bacon sandwich.

horrifying bacon sandwich

“College and catering firm apologise after Muslim student bites into bacon sandwich,” Asian Image, July 1, 2016 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

A student says he was horrified to find he had bit into a bacon sandwich at college when he had bought a tuna one.

The college say they have strict controls in place and will ensure such an incident will not happen again.

Usmaan Akram a student at Preston’s College says he was disgusted when he realised what he had done.

“It was in a plain packet and I thought it was the tuna one I normally buy.

“It was labelled tuna.

“When I went back to the staff they said it was halal chicken so I got a friend who is non-Muslim to check it and he confirmed it was bacon.

“I went back to the staff and only then did the one of the manager admit that it was bacon.

“It happened just before Ramadan and I am always careful what I eat and I felt sick after the incident.”

He said he managed to take a picture of the product before it was taken away from him by staff.

A spokesperson from Preston’s College said: “Preston’s College works hard to ensure its students, staff and visitors receive a high quality and wide selection of catering services ran by its sub-contractor Chartwells.

“As such, we would like to directly apologise to the student for the incident and make assurances that we have taken steps with our catering company to ensure this does not happen again.”

A spokesperson from Chartwells added: “We are committed to providing our customers with a high level of quality and choice, serving a range of dietary requirements including a strong halal offering. In this instance, this was an unfortunate error made by one of our colleagues.

“We recognise the sensitivity of this mistake and sincerely apologise. We have re-briefed our staff and updated the labelling of our products to ensure it won’t happen again.”

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  1. sencit says

    Jul 3, 2016 at 9:47 am

    What a disaster!! Now he knows how we feel when we discover that the meal we are eating contains ‘halal’ meat.
    How much compensation is he seeking?

    • Nigel GFF says

      Jul 3, 2016 at 10:57 am

      Where there’s blame, there’s a claim. $50,000 should cover it. Plus a pass in any exams.
      Think of all that distress!

      • Jay Boo says

        Jul 3, 2016 at 11:08 am

        But — He has PROOF.
        Would a Muslim lie?
        “He said he managed to take a picture of the product before it was taken away from him by staff.”
        “When I went back to the staff they said it was halal chicken so I got a friend who is non-Muslim to check it and he confirmed it was bacon.

        I bet the “friend” bought it earlier.

        We never seem to hear about this from Jews, yet people accuse Jews of frivolous lawsuits.

        BAN the MSA not the bacon.

        • RickMT says

          Jul 8, 2016 at 3:31 pm

          Proof? Ask him to show his left hand the following morning…….

      • Bamaguje says

        Jul 3, 2016 at 3:45 pm

        Indeed would the College have apologized to a Jew under similar circumstances?
        And would the incident have made news like this one?
        Similarly, you’d never hear a formal complaint from a Hindu about being compelled to accidentally eat beef.

        • Budvarakbar says

          Jul 3, 2016 at 7:27 pm

          Do not forget the Jew lady that spilled hot McDonalds coffee on herself — made a fortune — probably would have sued if the coffee had been cold. Then there was the Sikh lawyer that sued McDonald’s because the fat used on the potatoes fries included some beef fat.

        • Tom W Harris says

          Jul 3, 2016 at 9:00 pm

          Hey butty boy,

          Seems like beef fat has rotted out yer brain.

      • June says

        Jul 3, 2016 at 7:32 pm

        We lived in the middle east for five years.
        It’s a religion of lies and deception.
        They spend a lot of time cultivating a false image of their life, while they are smuggling in bacon, drugs, alcohol and prostitutes.

  2. linnte says

    Jul 3, 2016 at 9:49 am

    Please tell me this means this Muslim won’t be allowed into Paradise! hahahahahah!

    • john spielman says

      Jul 3, 2016 at 10:44 am

      unfortunately with islamic works righteous theology being what it is, he may not be able to live long enough to counter such grave sin by “good works’ – so he may have to resort to becoming a suicide bomber -to to bypass the good works out weigh sins scale that allah (Satan) uses. and get a direct pass to the muslim drunken bordello in the sky

    • Polk1970 says

      Jul 3, 2016 at 4:30 pm

      Just HOPE he doesn’t HURT anybody to retaliate

    • Kathy Brown, Esq. says

      Jul 3, 2016 at 11:12 pm

      Wow. Guess Preston College voted ‘Remain’.

  3. Angemon says

    Jul 3, 2016 at 10:20 am

    This could very well be an attempt to scam the caterer. Or maybe a disgruntled, islamo-savy employee purposely mislabelled a tuna – or halal chicken – sandwich. If that’s the case, shame on them! (I’m very proud of you 😉 )

    • john spielman says

      Jul 3, 2016 at 10:46 am

      I recommend NEVER eating tuna fish (or egg salad- for that matter) sandwich at a school cafeteria; they are a notorious source for food poisoning!

  4. jamesmi says

    Jul 3, 2016 at 10:31 am

    If a Catholic was given meat instead of fish, would there be an apology ? Apologise to a Christian ? Of course not !

    • Polk1970 says

      Jul 3, 2016 at 4:32 pm

      Imagine,
      ” that fresh Tuna Steak you’re eating ,well ,it;s really Filet Mignon

  5. Richie says

    Jul 3, 2016 at 10:48 am

    another obvious example of a Muslim doing something deliberalty so they can turn around and sue.

    How about people who unintentionally eat Halal food- can they get apologies or monetary compensation?

    • Muslim 2016 says

      Jul 3, 2016 at 11:35 am

      No, halal food is better for you if you only knew.

      • Kathy Brown, Esq. says

        Jul 3, 2016 at 11:17 pm

        Halal: Meat from animals tortured to death for fun by mu-slimes. I can see that’d be ‘way better for you. If you’re one of those mu-slimes.

        Of course if you’re a mu-slime, you just can’t go a day w/o rape, torture, or murder. Oh yeah: SO much ‘better for you’.

        Now isn’t it time for you to rape a 4 yr. old? Or torture a dog? Remember muslim 2016: It’s the 4th of July! Celebrate it the mu-slime way!

      • Shazza says

        Jul 3, 2016 at 11:33 pm

        Not true. Total BS If you have been thinking your meat is tough lately it’s because of the cruel barbaic slaughter of Halal.

        The energy required for muscle activity in the live animal is obtained from sugars (glycogen) in the muscle. In the healthy and well-rested animal, the glycogen content of the muscle is high. After the animal has been slaughtered, the glycogen in the muscle is converted into lactic acid, and the muscle and carcass becomes firm (rigor mortis). This lactic acid is necessary to produce meat, which is tasteful and tender, of good keeping quality and good colour. If the animal is stressed before and during slaughter, the glycogen is used up, and the lactic acid level that develops in the meat after slaughter is reduced. This will have serious adverse effects on meat quality.

        The carcass meat is darker and drier than normal and has a much firmer texture. The muscle glycogen has been used up during the period of handling, transport and pre-slaughter and as a result, after slaughter, this meat is of inferior quality as the less pronounced taste and the dark colour is less acceptable to the consumer and has a shorter shelf life due to the abnormally high pH-value of the meat (6.4-6.8).

        It is necessary for animals to be stress and injury free during operations prior to slaughter, so as not to unnecessarily deplete muscle glycogen reserves. It is also important for animals to be well rested during the 24-hour period before slaughter. This is in order to allow for muscle glycogen to be replaced by the body as much as possible (the exception being pigs, which should travel and be slaughtered as stress free as possible but not rested for a prolonged period prior to slaughter). It is important that the glycogen levels in the muscles of the slaughtered carcass are as high as possible, to develop the maximum level of lactic acid in the meat. This acid gives meat an ideal pH level, measured after 24 hours after slaughter, of 6.2 or lower. The 24h (or ultimate) pH higher than 6.2 indicates that the animal was stressed, injured or diseased prior to slaughter.

        Lactic acid in the muscle has the effect of retarding the growth of bacteria that have contaminated the carcass during slaughter and dressing. These bacteria cause spoilage of the meat during storage, particularly in warmer environments, and the meat develops off-smells, colour changes, rancidity and slime. This is spoilage, and these processes decrease the shelf life of meat, thus causing wastage of valuable food. If the contaminating bacteria are those of the food poisoning type, the consumers of the meat become sick, resulting in costly treatment and loss of manpower hours to the national economies. Thus, meat from animals, which have suffered from stress or injuries during handling, transport and slaughter, is likely to have a shorter shelf life due to spoilage. This is perhaps the biggest cause for meat wastage during the production processes.

        • maghan says

          Jul 4, 2016 at 9:34 am

          What do those Stone Age fools know or care about science and its proper applications.

    • Polk1970 says

      Jul 3, 2016 at 4:34 pm

      Is it possible he did a wrapper swap with someone who bought the Bacon Sandwich?
      Never UNDERESTIMATE them

  6. David says

    Jul 3, 2016 at 11:03 am

    Geez!!!
    If he has that kind of trouble just over a single bite of bacon, maybe one of his class mates can see to it that NEXT TIME he can find a small dog turd on his try!
    These people absolutely discust me.

    • Polk1970 says

      Jul 3, 2016 at 4:36 pm

      They should have told him it was Turkey Bacon and perfectly Halal
      Taqqia is a game everyone can play.

    • Budvarakbar says

      Jul 3, 2016 at 7:30 pm

      Why ‘small’?

  7. Manual Paleologos says

    Jul 3, 2016 at 11:10 am

    Sorry you got the wrong sandwich. Here. Here’s a replacement sandwich. NEXT!

  8. utis says

    Jul 3, 2016 at 11:55 am

    I’ve been in Eastern US, Central US,California, even some areas of Europe. In all these decades, I never heard a Jew scream, “Is this kosher? I’ll sue if it’s not kosher!” or “Oh my God, there’s bacon in this! I’m gonna die! I’m gonna have a stroke! I need vengeance!”
    Never heard a catholic (back when catholics had hair on their chest) bawling about people around them eating meat on Fridays.
    This hysteria is all a muslim scam, and nothing but. Stop being suckers, dhimmi!

  9. abad says

    Jul 3, 2016 at 12:02 pm

    Exactly HOW would a Muslim know if it was bacon if he or she has never eaten or tasted it before?????

    See, this is precisely why Muslims can never be trusted.

    • Polk1970 says

      Jul 3, 2016 at 4:42 pm

      I also thought that
      How does one know what they” never knew”

  10. Alien Republican says

    Jul 3, 2016 at 12:07 pm

    I sympathize with the muslim for once. I know the horrors of being served the wrong meal, in my case the absence of copious amounts of meat.

  11. Immadiyah says

    Jul 3, 2016 at 12:08 pm

    Is there such thing as a bacon sandwich? Must be very pricey if there’s such. And how do you mistaken tuna with bacon when minced tuna is runny wet with Mayonnaise while bacon either comes in fried crispy strips or crunchy bits and pieces that would easily fall off the sandwich the minute you pick it up from the wrapping? Doesn’t ring true to me at all.

    • Polk1970 says

      Jul 3, 2016 at 4:45 pm

      He swapped wrapper with someone,either planned,or a “wrapper of opportunity”

    • MooHamHead says

      Jul 4, 2016 at 5:03 pm

      Nah, in the UK we have proper bacon.

  12. george whyte says

    Jul 3, 2016 at 12:24 pm

    could he not smell it

  13. nic says

    Jul 3, 2016 at 12:35 pm

    The online newspaper “AsianImage” is the ONLY outlet sourcing this story.

    Curious that a student in Preston should contact a ‘newspaper’ 35 miles away in Manchester… AND NO OTHERS..

    That photograph looks like a bacon and egg sandwich… something that would look obviously different from tuna or chicken.

    We may never know whether the sandwhich was Tuna…. but something certainly smells a bit fishy about this story.

    Is this more ‘creative writing’ from the Religion of Permanant Offense ?

    • Nigel GFF says

      Jul 3, 2016 at 3:06 pm

      I reckon someone is telling ‘porky pies’.

  14. Ryan James says

    Jul 3, 2016 at 1:57 pm

    Guess he isn’t a Muslim anymore! Probably will be decapitated!

  15. vivienne Leijonhufvu (@goldaleijonhufv) says

    Jul 3, 2016 at 3:41 pm

    Oh for f..ks sake I am a Jewess do I expect an apology for being dished up bacon? I’m a lady despite my swearing. I simply don’t eat the bacon on my place and besides I don’t believe for one minute I will be struck by G-d for eating bacon!

  16. Champ says

    Jul 3, 2016 at 3:53 pm

    Did someone say “bacon sandwich”? Yum! Hey you muslims are missin’ out!

    And muslims are always *demanding* apologies ..yada, yada, yada!

    I’m longing for the day that muslims apologize for all the murder & mayhem committed in the name of their religion that’s gone on for thousands of years! …and I’m in for a very looooong wait. Like, this will NEVER happen, kinda wait.

  17. Richard says

    Jul 3, 2016 at 4:20 pm

    Looks like a tasty sammich. Now I’m hungry.

  18. j_not_a says

    Jul 3, 2016 at 8:51 pm

    “Oh the trauma, oh the humiliation the poor dear has suffered”! He will need months of intense therapy to recover, if he ever does”. Pullleezz! This could be a setup for a cash payout he is trying, these muzzies know how to game the system, it happens all the time. How can you not tell the difference between a BACON sandwich and a TUNA sandwich, bacon when it’s fried is dark brown and crunchy and you can smell it a few feet away, usually tuna sandwiches (the filling is very pale coloured) from cafeteria are quite mushy- they usually use too much mayonnaise. Not buying what this guy is selling, not at all!

  19. Cy Halothrin says

    Jul 4, 2016 at 12:25 am

    Must have been Mossad that planted the bacon sandwich on the Mussies’ plate. It’s the sort of thing the Zionists would do.

    If all that wasn’t bad enough, I heard that a few refugee youths were busy raping an infidel female last month in London, only to discover to their horror that she was having their period at the time. The poor Jihadi lads weren’t wearing condoms, and therefore got some menstrual blood on their private parts, which is definitely not halal.

    Fortunately, they took some souvenir photos on their smartphones to post on the Muslim Brotherhood blog, which means they have irrefutable proof of this nefarious Zionist plot to keep them out of Heaven and away from their well-earned 72 virgins. Thus, the girl is being charged with a hate crime, and the Mussies should be eligible for a few million pounds in compensation. It’s great to see that justice is being served!

  20. Baucent says

    Jul 4, 2016 at 2:11 am

    Rest easy, it’s only a matter of time before Preston College removes bacon and pork from the menu. Problem solved. And of course that was the reason the student made his “mistake” in the first place.

  21. Guest says

    Jul 4, 2016 at 2:27 am

    What a wuss.

  22. Screeminmeeme says

    Jul 4, 2016 at 8:23 am

    All the more reason to drop tons of bacon grease over ISIS territory.

  23. Wakeup says

    Jul 4, 2016 at 9:31 am

    I would say it is undesirable that Christians should eat meat blessed in the name of a false god ie halal one should really eat it only if there is no alternative and then ask God to bless it in his name.
    I always ask for non halal food as the crap is being foisted on us unknowingly.

  24. BC says

    Jul 4, 2016 at 9:32 am

    The illustrates the foolishness of religion perfectly. If there was a ‘god’ running the universe and everything in it, which any person with intelligence knows there is not, would he/she concern him/herself with such trivialities? Would he/she worry about insisting on his/her followers cutting bits of flesh of his/ her ‘creations’?

  25. Richard Courtemanche says

    Jul 4, 2016 at 12:34 pm

    Bacon… smoked, maple-syrup or regular flavor, thin or thick slices! Enjoy! They’re all delicious. Going for second?

  26. CrunchyBacon says

    Jul 4, 2016 at 4:35 pm

    I’ve been celebrating Ramadan by grilling bacon cheddar burgers and washing them down with a cold brew, so yummy. I can’t understand why this young lad would complain.

    Merry Ramadan!

  27. rooare says

    Jul 4, 2016 at 7:51 pm

    If this is a picture of the sandwich, looks like he enjoyed quite a bit of it. Now he will fantasize about eating bacon and may actually apostatize. One can only hope.

  28. More Ham Ed says

    Jul 5, 2016 at 4:35 am

    “Muslim student bites into bacon sandwich…”
    My favorite thread.
    Just toasted a nice ham & swiss on whole wheat.

    “The college say [sic] they have strict controls in place and will ensure such an incident will not happen again.”
    When do we ever hear muslims say “such an incident will not happen again.”
    28758 Deadly ISLAMIC terror attacks since 9/11.
    http://www.thereligionofpeace.com

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