Baso A Fung Destroys Eating Utensils After Influencer Mixes Pork Crackers into Dish

Dream - Fashion influencer Jovi Adhiguna has recently gone viral due to a video of him mixing pork crackers into one of the dishes at Baso A Fung in I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali.

The video received a lot of criticism from netizens. Jovi and the restaurant apologized. Not stopping there, the restaurant also destroyed all the eating utensils at that branch and replaced them with new ones.

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“As a form of our commitment to maintain the halal certification that Baso A Fung has, we took the best step by destroying all the eating utensils at Baso A Fung Domestic Departure Branch of Ngurah Rai Bali Airport,” wrote Baso A Fung through Instagram yesterday.

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They also included a video as evidence showing all the eating utensils being arranged and put into boxes before being destroyed and replaced. The new eating utensils were also washed before being used.

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Not only the restaurant, Lifestyle Influencer Jovi Adhiguna also apologized to the public and the restaurant for his actions. He consumed pork crackers, which are considered haram, in a place that has a halal label from MUI.

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“I and Baso A Fung have resolved everything in a good way, and I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the owner of Baso A Fung and all the team involved who have opened the door for apologies and allowed me to take responsibility and resolve everything,” wrote Jovi in an Instagram post on the same day.

According to Liputan6.com, Halal Partnership and Audit Service Director, Muslich, provided a response and explanation regarding the incident. He revealed that a restaurant with a halal label will sell halal food at all its branches.

The restaurant will also prohibit visitors from bringing outside food to avoid incidents like what happened at Baso A Fung.

“The prohibition is actually to prevent it from becoming a problem. This is the menu criteria, but how can people (for example, in tourist areas) freely bring in beer? Clearly, beer is haram. That is not allowed,” he said when met in BSD, Tangerang, Banten.

Halal certification can be obtained online and its criteria not only involve the halalness of ingredients, but also the cooking process, presentation, and cleaning of utensils and ingredients. The processed ingredients must also come from pure sources.

“The ingredients must come from pure sources, not contaminated throughout the handling process. For example, pure sources include plants, sea animals, pure chemicals, and pure water,” he concluded.

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