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Josh Sandiford & Graeme Murray

Muslim mum's anger after kids 'fed pork sausages' at school making family sick

A Muslim mum was furious after her kids were 'fed pork sausages' at school - making her entire household sick.

Mussrat Bibi claimed the lunchtime meal was served to her children while they were at primary school.

And the mum said the incident made her entire household sick with a stomach bug.

The 41-year-old has now pulled her kids out of Hollyfield Primary School in Sutton Coldfield and criticised teachers who "clearly know" her children can’t eat pork.

A spokesperson for the school apologised "if any mistakes were made in this instance", BirminghamLive reports.

Bosses said they would review the school's processes to "reduce the risk of this sort of thing happening again".

Hollyfield Primary School in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham (Birmingham Live)

NHS guidance rules say all products from pork, carrion and blood are haram - or forbidden - in Islam.

Guidance says in Britain, Muslims buy their meat from a Muslim butcher whenever possible.

They also do not eat generally available meat or food that contains animal fats.

This is in case it contains pork fat or fat from other animals not ritually slaughtered.

Brothers Rayhaan and Sufiyaan were 'given pork sausages' at the school (Birmingham Live)

But angry Ms Bibi, who has eight children between the ages of two and 19, expressed dismay that brothers Rayhaan and Sufiyaan were given the food at their school.

She described the situation as "really upsetting" and even claimed it put one of her children in hospital.

She said: "I couldn't see my children the way they were really ill. They have never had issues with food I've been making at home.

"It passed around. The hospital said it passed around in the family. It turned into a bug and that bug has spread all around the family."

Mussarat Bibi's two son's of Hollyfield Primary School, Birmingham (Birmingham Live)

Asked if she felt let down by the school, Ms Bibi said she did. She urged bosses to make the guidance clearer and ensure the same doesn't happen to other families.

Ms Bibi said the school needed to "do a better job" for other Muslim children at the school.

She added: "They need to fix up. They need to mend their ways.

"They need to write it on the system [if] they don't do any halal food. They should have told me in the first place.

Ms Bibi added: "I'll no longer be taking the kids there to that school after what's happened,"

"My children come first."

The children were dished-up the 'pork sausages' during the lunchtime food service (Birmingham Live)

A spokesperson for Hollyfield Primary School said: “We are sorry if any mistakes were made in this instance.

"We have a system in place for children with dietary requirements who have school lunches, issuing badges for the children so staff can clearly see what those requirements are.

"We will of course review our system to ensure it is even more robust to reduce further the risk of this sort of thing happening again.”

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