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CULTURAL AWARENESS TRAINING
Dietary Practices & Hospitality
The following table gives an indication of acceptable/unacceptable foods for various faiths:
Faith
Vegetarian
Specific Foods
Meat
Buddhist The majority of
people
Some avoid garlic and
onions.
Most may not eat meat Avoided by
some.
Hindu
Some avoid garlic;
No beef or by-products.
onions and mushrooms
ISKCON members do
not take fermented
products like vinegar.
Many people,
including all
*ISKCON
members.
Jewish
Many foods must be
Kosher. Specialist
advice should be
sought
Muslim
Sikh
Avoided by
some, not
taken by
ISKCON
members.
No pork, rabbit or byMust have fins
products. Other meat
and scales so
must be Kosher, blood no shellfish.
must not be consumed.
No pork or by-products.
Other meat must be
Halal, blood must not be
consumed.
Some people
(Mainly
orthodox - The
Khalsa).
Rastafari Many people
Prefer 'ITAL' diet which
ans
prefer to eat as is a salt less,
naturally as
vegetarian diet
possible
Other
Fish
Jains. Many
Seventh Day
Adventists.
Must not eat Halal or
Kosher meat. The Sikh
slaughtering method is
called Jhakta. Many
avoid beef and pork.
Avoided by
The Khalsa.
Shun eating the flesh of
scavengers like pork
which is considered
unclean, but fowl e.g.
chicken is acceptable to
many
Shun eating
the flesh of
scavengers
like shellfish,
but fish is
acceptable to
many
Some root vegetables, Seventh Day Adventists
garlic and onions are
do not eat pork or bynot taken by some
products.
Jains.
1
Dairy produce
Tea or
Coffee
Alcohol
Tobacco
Buddhist Eggs avoided by
some.
.
Not taken by most.
Most avoid it
Hindu
Eggs and cheese
avoided by many.
Many are lactose
intolerant.
Avoided by
some.
Not taken by some,
particularly ISKCON
members.
Discouraged to all
Jewish
No milk products to
be taken with meat.
Eggs should be
Kosher, any with
blood specks are
thrown away.
Must not be abused.
Muslim
Must not contain
animal fat from nonHalal meat.
Discouraged to all
Discouraged to all
Rastafari Must not contain
ans
animal fat from
unidentified animals
Sikh
The Khalsa avoid
eggs.
Avoided by
some
Discouraged to all
Discouraged to all
Not taken by
some
Forbidden to the
Khalsa.
Other
Not taken by
Seventh Day
Adventists.
Discouraged to all.
The majority of The
Khalsa do not take
alcohol.
Not taken by Baha’is,
Jains,
Pentecostalists
Eggs not taken by
Jains.
*ISKCON: International Society of Krishna Conscience
2
Not taken by
Pentecostalists or
Seventh Day
Adventists.
Discouraged by
Baha’is.