Hot dogs will be banned in Malaysia unless restaurants agree to change their name because they sound too 'dirty' to be halal...

Restaurants and food stalls in Malaysia must rename their 'hotdogs' or risk having them banned, the government there said today.

Malaysia is a predominantly Muslim country and the government's religious authority has threatened to withdraw the snack's halal certificate.

Although hotdogs in the West are traditionally made of pork, in Malaysia they have have to be made of chicken in order to pass strict halal rules.

But now it seems the name itself has fallen foul of the authorities. Full story...

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