Doubtful Foods & Drinks

Are vitamins in milk halaal?

Q: In Saudi Arabia all milk are fotified with vitamin A and D which we dont know whether it is halaal or haraam. Since we are female we cannot make complete investigations and enquiries. We have not been drinking milk for approximately 6 months. But we need to drink milk for nutritional purposes. Can we drink the milk or not? My younger sister is weak and she needs to drink milk.

Carmanic acid

Q: Is it allowed for a Muslim to eat a product that has Carmanic Acid, which is made from insect. If it is Halal, then majority of the food have some sort of insect in them (tiny amount), would that be considered non Halal to them?

Abstaining from doubtful things

Q: My mother had gotten a pancake mix from the market. I asked the company about its ingredients, they said they had used animal derived products in it (the product came from the US). I'm not sure what kind of animal products are in there. I told my mother to stop using it because it is hughly suspicious since it could be haram. Now my mother always scolds me that I should not be so suspicious of haram things and she refuses to stop using it because she says I'm exaggerating things. What should i do?

Shellac

Q: Can we consume the ingredient e904 known as shellac, which is a secretion of a bug. Some Ulama say that it is permissible just like how honey is a secretion from the bee and is permissible. Please give a satisfactory answer.

Consuming doubtful food

Q:

1. Is it true that all food is halaal until it can be proven haraam?

2. There were a few suspicious ingredients in something my mom bought that could've been haraam if processed through animals instead of plants. I chose to eat it since I didn't want to waste food or disrespect my mom by rejecting the food. Was it sinful for me to consume the doubtful food?

3. Does the hadith of not having my dua accepted for 40 days for consuming haraam food also apply here even if my dua is of repentance?