Tags: Religious slaughter
NSS criticises non-stun slaughter carve out in animal welfare bill
Posted: Thu, 17 Mar 2022
The NSS has criticised the government for enshrining religious exemptions from animal welfare laws in a bill meant to protect animals. Read More »
Religiously slaughtered meat supply outstrips demand, says report
Posted: Wed, 19 Jan 2022
Millions more animals than necessary to meet demand are religiously slaughtered without stunning, according to a recent study. Read More »
Public backs labelling of religious non-stun slaughter meat
Posted: Mon, 06 Dec 2021
The British public back the labelling for meat from animals slaughtered without stunning, new figures show. Read More »
Non-stun halal and kosher meat served in parliament, NSS finds
Posted: Thu, 11 Nov 2021
Meat from animals not stunned before slaughter is being sold in parliament, the National Secular Society has found. Read More »
NSS welcomes plans for non-stun slaughter labelling
Posted: Tue, 14 Sep 2021
The NSS is calling for the public to support proposals for meat from animals not stunned before slaughter to be accurately labelled. Read More »
Consider labelling laws for non-stun meat, says government committee
Posted: Thu, 28 Jan 2021
Changes in law are needed to ensure meat from non-stun slaughter only reaches religious markets, a government committee has said. Read More »
States may restrict non-stun slaughter on welfare grounds, ECJ rules
Posted: Fri, 18 Dec 2020
The EU's highest court has ruled that states subject to its jurisdiction may ban non-stun slaughter on animal welfare grounds. Read More »
NSS criticises lack of transparency over non-stun slaughter
Posted: Fri, 18 Sep 2020
The Food Standards Agency has stopped publishing data on the number of animals being slaughtered without pre-stunning. Read More »
Government expects “industry” to inform consumers on non-stun meat
Posted: Thu, 31 Oct 2019
The government has said it expects food producers and outlets to give consumers information on meat from non-stun slaughter. Read More »
NSS challenges government backtracking on non-stun meat labelling
Posted: Thu, 19 Sep 2019
The NSS has urged the government to reconsider an apparent backtrack on requiring meat from unstunned animals to be labelled. Read More »
Former farming minister calls for free vote on religious slaughter
Posted: Tue, 02 Jul 2019
A former farming minister has called on all political parties to make restrictions on religious non-stun slaughter a free vote issue. Read More »
MPs call for labelling of meat from non-stun slaughter
Posted: Wed, 03 Apr 2019
A cross-party group of MPs is calling for meat produced from religious non-stun slaughter methods to be clearly labelled. Read More »
Animal welfare group to address NSS conference on religious freedom
Posted: Fri, 29 Mar 2019
Joyce D'Silva, of the group Compassion in World Farming, will address non-stun slaughter at the NSS's Secularism 2019 conference. Read More »
ECJ: non-stun slaughter breaches ‘highest welfare standards’
Posted: Tue, 26 Feb 2019
Meat from animals slaughtered without pre-stunning cannot be labelled organic because of animal welfare concerns, an EU court has found. Read More »
Britain risks becoming a ‘hotbed of non-stun slaughter’, warns NSS
Posted: Fri, 15 Feb 2019
The NSS has warned the government over non-stun slaughter after it emerged that nearly a quarter of non-stun sheep meat is exported. Read More »
Animal welfare groups ask government to end non-stun slaughter
Posted: Fri, 08 Feb 2019
Animal welfare advocates are urging the government to repeal a legal exemption which allows the religious non-stun slaughter of animals. Read More »
Council leader silencing debate on schools’ non-stun meat, NSS says
Posted: Thu, 17 Jan 2019
The NSS has criticised a Yorkshire council's leader for "trying to silence" objections to the supply of non-stun halal meat to schools. Read More »
Non-stun slaughter ban comes into effect in northern Belgium
Posted: Wed, 02 Jan 2019
A ban on the slaughter of animals without pre-stunning has come into effect in the Flanders region of Belgium. Read More »
Government “committed” to reviewing food labelling, peer says
Posted: Fri, 14 Dec 2018
The government has said it is "committed" to reviewing food labelling amid criticism of the sale of non-stun halal meat to Saudi Arabia. Read More »
NSS presses government on non-stun meat as schools row intensifies
Posted: Wed, 21 Nov 2018
The NSS has called on the government to act to end the supply of non-stun meat amid growing public opposition to its supply in schools. Read More »
