Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 40683
Meat Products: Labelling
Tabled: 24 March 2025
Answered: 28 March 2025
Question
Rupert Lowe
Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will introduce mandatory labelling on meat products to indicate whether animals were stunned prior to slaughter.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerThe Government encourages the highest standards of animal welfare at slaughter and would prefer all animals to be stunned before slaughter, but we respect the rights of Jews and Muslims to eat meat prepared in accordance with their religious beliefs. It i...
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