EU urged to end “excessive” ritual slaughter
17/5/12 www.europolitics.info
Behalal comments: It was a matter of time when this (“excessive”) raised it’s head as another attempt to control the production of halal and kosher meat from religious slaughter methods. The over production is from pre-stunning methods which produce much higher yields. Assumptions have been drawn that halal means religious when this is not the case in practise.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) who conducted a survey into animal welfare in slaughterhouses in September said its own figures showed most animals were stunned before being killed. A spokesman said: “The results indicate that the number of animals not stunned prior to slaughter is relatively low, accounting for 3% of cattle, 10% of sheep and goats, and 4% of poultry.
“They also show that the majority of animals destined for the halal trade in both the red and white meat sectors are stunned before slaughter.”
The FSA said full details of the survey would be published ahead of a discussion at a board meeting on 22 May and these figures dispel the myth of over production of religious slaughtered meat.
UK/Islam: British Muslims Defend Halal Slaughter
7/5/12 iina.me
LONDON, 15 Jumada Al-Thani/6 May (IINA)-UK Muslims have rejected calls to ban animals’ halal slaughter after a leading British vet called for curbing or even banning the practice popular among the country’s Muslim and Jewish minorities.
UK: behalal.org response to leading vet on religious slaughter is misleading
6/5/12
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UK: Leading vet criticises ritual slaughter of animals
6/5/12 www.bbc.co.uk
UK: British parliamentarians reject call for compulsory labeling of kosher meat
28/4/12 www.worldjewishcongress.org
Retailers in the UK will not be forced to label halal and kosher meat after a bill proposed by a member of the House of Commons was narrowly voted down.
UK: Labelling of Halal and Kosher meat
25/4/12 news.bbc.co.uk
Retailers must be forced to label halal and kosher meat to ensure that consumers understand the provenance of the products they are buying, Conservative MP Philip Davies has said.
Let’s lose the religious labels
7/4/12 www.ft.com
By Simon Kuper
©Luis GrañenaAustralia: Beef less affected than livex through Indo quota decision
23/12/11
By Jon Condon
While the sudden disappearance of any export market is damaging, early industry reaction suggests the cutbacks in quotas to Indonesia next year will have much less impact on the boxed beef trade than it will on live cattle exports.
Dutch compromise over kosher slaughter ban
22/12/11 www.thejc.com
By Jessica Elgot
Dutch Senate delays verdict on ritual slaughter
21/12/11
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT
Decision elicits “relief” from Jews and Muslims, frustration among right-wingers, animal rights activists promoting ban.
Dutch Senate to block ban on kosher, halal slaughter following Jewish, Muslim protest
16/12/11 www.haaretz.com
Bill, proposed by Animal Rights Party, would have required animals be stunned before slaughter.
UK: ANSA welcomes withdrawal of proposed Dutch religious slaughter ban
14/12/11
The Association of Non Stun Abattoirs (ANSA), an industry body representing traditional UK Halal slaughterhouses, on Wednesday welcomed the news that the proposed parliamentary bill to ban religious slaughter of animals in the Netherlands had been withdrawn. It was reported earlier that the bill was withdrawn after a majority of Dutch senators expressed their reservations to the ban on Halal and Kosher slaughter.
Dutch senate debates ritual slaughter ban
14/12/11
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Political support for a proposed ban on slaughtering animals without stunning them first appeared to crumble Tuesday as the Dutch senate debated legislation that Muslim and Jewish groups say violates their religious rights.
Netherland: What is the purpose of banning Halal meat?
Should animals be stunned before slaughter?
1/12/11
By Raffi BergBBC News, Amsterdam
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