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UK: Halal debate should focus on stunning, not labelling – BVA

By Alistair Driver

The recent debate over halal meat labelling was a distraction from the core issue of animals being slaughtered without pre-stunning, according to the head of the British Veterinary Association (BVA).

BVA president Robin Hargreaves said he is ‘frustrated’ by the debate, sparked by stories that a number of supermarkets were selling unlabelled halal meat from animals slaughtered…

UK: Defra withdraws stun legislation at eleventh hour

By Oli Haenlein

After a judicial review was launched on behalf of over 20 abattoir operators, Defra has revoked the implementation of an EU regulation which would require increased currents for stunning poultry, the day before it was due to come into force.

The decision to implement the regulation was made on Friday (16 May), but in a dramatic U-turn, this was revoked today (19 June), meaning…

Opinion: Clarifying halal methods – Animal Welfare is paramount

By ZÉNA BUTT

THE halal meat industry has had a mammoth amount of media coverage in the last week or so.

Following The Sun’s front page article on the ‘Halal Secret of Pizza Express’ (May 7, 2014), a snowball effect has occurred and issues pertaining to whether halal slaughter is humane and whether all religiously slaughtered meat (as well as stunned and non-stunned meat) should be clearly…

Opinion: The Halal Smokescreen

By Ed Bedington, Meat Trades Journal

Once again halal production is dominating the headlines of the tabloid press, and once again, it’s a case of not letting the facts stand in the way of a good story.

The fact the story comes around almost every year, with the same predictable headlines, is also ignored. People have the attention spans of goldfish, after all, and once again, the meat industry…

EU Commission to publish report on Halal slaughtering

By Richard Halleron, Agriland

A study on information to consumers on the stunning of animals is due for publication in the second semester of 2014, as part of the deliverables of the EU animal welfare strategy 2012-2015, according to a Brussels-based spokesperson.

Recent public concern regarding the slaughter of farm animals – without pre-stunning – for the Halal market has been rife in the UK…

Pizza Express to review halal policy as campaigners say clearer labelling needed

The restaurant has exclusively used halal chicken for a number of years – yet does not say so on its menus

Pizza Express says it serves only halal chicken on its menu

The restaurant chain Pizza Express is to review its menu policy for halal meat after campaigners called for greater clarity on the labelling of chicken produced through religious slaughter. It had emerged that Pizza Express is…