Dubai Restaurants Can Prepare Dishes With Alcohol - Ban Reversed
Dubai newspaper The National reports that the Dubai State has lifted a ban on food preparation with alcohol on the prerequisite that these kinds of food is obviously marked.
Dubai is reversing the 2003 law that prohibited food preparation using alcohol because the mainstream Islamic populace could not ascertain when food contained alcohol. Although it announced the implementation of the law on Sunday, the decision has now been removed. Cooking containing alcohol can now be served if was distinct from from other food and clearly marked.
“We have found violations where hotels are not clearly stating alcohol content in their food,” it quoted him as saying. Awadhi added that alcohol should be handled like other “non-halal products” such as pork.
