Reports early this week said that the Saudi Food & Drug Authority is now randomly testing Cadbury chocolate for pig DNA after the report of pig DNA found in two flavours of halal-certified Cadbury chocolate in Malaysia.
Channel NewsAsia said that the chocolate in the kingdom is made in Egypt but was being tested as part of routine tests, while Arab News also noted that some chocolate is imported from the UK. The authorities in Saudi Arabia are also checking to see if any of the chocolate has been imported from Malaysia, the Channel NewsAsia report said.
Last week, Indonesian authorities said they had also tested Cadbury chocolate in the country but found no contamination, while Malaysian businesses called for a boycott of sister brands.