Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 18843

Meat: Ritual Slaughter

Tabled: 9 December 2024
Answered: 16 December 2024

Question

Gregory Stafford

ConservativeFarnham and Bordon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that halal products are clearly marked on food labelling.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
There are no regulations that require the labelling of halal meat, but where any information of this nature is provided it must be accurate and must not be misleading to the consumer. The Government respects religious freedoms and expects the industry, wh...

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