Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 36521
Meat: Ritual Slaughter
Tabled: 7 March 2025
Answered: 20 March 2025
Question
Rupert Lowe
Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of how many animals were slaughtered without being stunned for the production of Halal meat in 2024.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerOf the 1.035 billion animals processed in English and Welsh slaughterhouses in 2024, an estimated 214.6 million animals (20.7%) were slaughtered to produce halal meat of which an estimated 27.0 million animals (2.6% of all animals processed) were slaughte...
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