Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 40686
Meat: Ritual Slaughter
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, what steps his Department is taking to encourage (a) public institutions and (b) restaurants to label halal meat to consumers.
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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