UK: HFA stance on Stunning under EU Regulation EC1099/2009
Halal Food Authority has issued the following statement on the conditions with which it will certify poultry that goes through bath stunning.
Halal Food Authority has issued the following statement on the conditions with which it will certify poultry that goes through bath stunning.
A new law requires that all animals are stunned before being slaughtered. Religious rights do not come before animal rights.
The ruling shut down Poland’s $500 million kosher and halal meat industry last year.
The UK’s Department for Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) announced that the status quo governing religious slaughter will be remain in place for both Jewish and Muslim ritual slaughter.