The problem started earlier this month when it was revealed that McDonald's in the UK was selling halal chicken without telling its customers:
Fast-food giant McDonald's has admitted selling halal chicken without telling its customers. The poultry was used in popular menu items such as Chicken McNuggets and the McChicken Sandwich in its 1,200 British outlets.
The admission comes three weeks after the company categorically denied to this newspaper that it used any halal meat. Now McDonald's has revealed that the firm that supplies its poultry, Cargill, produces halal chicken at one of its abattoirs.
Now it appears that as a reaction a major supplier of kosher meat to England has shut down its kosher operations:
