Tags: Religious slaughter
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 »
NSS welcomes Lancashire decision on non-stunned meat in schools
Posted: Thu, 18 Oct 2018
The NSS has welcomed Lancashire County Council's ratification of its decision to stop supplying most non-stunned halal meat to schools. Read More »
At least 17 councils giving schools non-stunned meat, NSS reveals
Posted: Thu, 18 Oct 2018
At least 17 councils across the UK are supplying non-stunned halal meat to dozens of schools, National Secular Society research has revealed. Read More »
EU advisor says meat from unstunned animals can be labelled organic
Posted: Fri, 21 Sep 2018
The National Secular Society has criticised a "perplexing" opinion from an EU advisor that meat from non-stun slaughter can be considered 'organic'. Read More »
NSS criticises government over sale of non-stun meat to Saudi Arabia
Posted: Wed, 22 Aug 2018
The NSS has criticised a government deal which allows the sale of meat from lambs slaughtered without stunning to Saudi Arabia. Read More »
NSS welcomes Lancashire vote to end supply of unstunned meat to schools
Posted: Thu, 12 Jul 2018
The National Secular Society has welcomed Lancashire County Council's vote to stop supplying unstunned halal meat to schools. Read More »
NSS criticises EU leaders’ unqualified backing for religious rituals
Posted: Tue, 29 May 2018
Two senior EU politicians have said they would oppose restrictions on rituals such as genital cutting and religious animal slaughter. Read More »
