The halal logo(s) issued by JAKIM tend to confuse consumers as they greatly lacked information about the genuine halal logo. This was found by conducting open ended, but structured interviews from 20 Malays and showing them 10 halal logos (9 original and 1 fake) to see whether they could recognize the fake from the originals. This research found that while all the respondents had difficulty in differentiating the real halal logo from the fake, they all preferred a single, unified halal logo to end the confusion. This finding holds serious implications for JAKIM: it needs to extend efforts to educate people about the in-practice halal logo, without which many people would remain in the same confusion. This bears particular importance for the religious food requirements of Muslims as genuine halal logo determines the permissibility of food being taken.
Synovial Sarcoma is a rare malignancy. It presents in adolescents and young adults. It occurs in soft tissue
of extremities usually near to the large joints, heart, lung, mediastinum, head and neck. A 23-year-old
female presented with a big hard fixed swelling in right supraclavicular region for 15 years. X-Ray chest
posterior-anterior view presented Homogenous opacity in upper lobe of right lung. USG of neck showed
large heterogeneous lobulated almost avascular solid mass in right side of root of neck and anterior upper
mediastinum may be associated with Schwannoma/ paraganglioma/soft tissue sarcoma. Spindle cell
lesion was reported by FNAC. MRI showed large slightly lobulated mass along right side of root of neck
and right side of superior mediastinum. A large soft tissue density mass along right side of neck and
superior mediastinum was found in CT scan. Surgical excision was done successfully. Histopathological
examination revealed spindle cell tumor favoring synovial sarcoma in the neck tissue and metastatic
spindle cell tumor in the lung lesion.