Dubai Lifts Interdict on Restaurants That Cook With Alcohol
Dubai newspaper The National reports that the Dubai State has reversed a ban on food preparation with alcohol on the condition that such food is obviously marked.
Dubai is reversing a law from 2003 which bans cooking preparation using alcohol because the mainstream Islamic population could not detect when food contained alcohol. Although it announced the implementation of the law on Sunday, the decision has now been lifted. Cuisine containing alcohol could be served on condition that it was separated from other food and clearly labeled.
“We have found violations where hotels are not clearly stating alcohol content in their food,” it quoted him as saying. Awadhi also stated that alcohol should be treated like other “non-halal products” such as pork.
