Halal and Kosher meat should labelling be mandatory?

I live in Manchester and it is on all restaurant menus now…as soon as I see it we leave.

Halal slaughter should be banned, like it is in Denmark. Why should we have to pander to a minority who decided to come and live in our country?! I don't eat red meat and haven't for years. And that is what started it off for me.

Personally I do not think those slaughter methods should be legal in this country. They are barbaric. End of.

Indeed. There is no reason why anybody should be aware of the technical term from a foreign language to describe anything.

I'm feeling quite shocked and ashamed that I didn't know this before.
There is a good farm shop in this town, expensive, but from now on I'll go there and have meat as an occasional treat rather than eat meat that hasn't been humanely slaughtered. DS and DiL have been vegan for years and I'm very used to cooking for them.

Frankly I think it should be banned. It’s horrendously cruel and I speak as a farmer’s daughter so nit faint hearted

Yes, ordinarygirl.

Stunning does not mean that animals do not suffer. Animals hear the distress of other animals . Pigs are gassed or electrocuted - not a quick death. Day old male chicks are shredded when alive . I believe that stunning is required for lobsters before being boiled alive., but do they really not feel pain?
I lived near a farm and the sheep cried non stop for nearly 48 hours when the lambs were removed.

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Yes absolutely! I have been so shocked and disgusted that most of our meat is halal.
It is very cruel and an awful way for animals to be slaughtered. I am not against any religion, however I do have strong views on the animal welfare in U.K. and how it is overlooked now, not labelled and most people do not even know that almost all meat now is slaughtered like this. Animals have become just a product we eat, watch a halal slaughter and decide for yourself, even a stunned slaughter is terrifying for the animal. I’m not against eating meat, however if more people are aware and clear labels are used, less of the animals would be so cruelly slaughtered.

Oh!
Mind you, I've only shopped in person a few times for the last couple of years.
I'm out of date, I reckon.

MissAdventure

I've never seen halal or kosher stocked seperately in a supermarket.

Ours is under a huge sign that says HALAL 😂

Is it?
I've honestly never seen it, here.
I suppose it depends on peoples' reasons for not wanting to eat halal, whether it's labelled, or not wanting to eat chlorinated meat.

When we were going to have that deal with the USA about chlorinated chicken, people here wanted it labelled, but the USA didn't. We can't really have different standards, either all labelled or none.
( Hallal meat is in a separate section in my local supermarket)

Looks like a veggie dinner for me, today.

2507CO
Kosher meat has been available for over a century,it’s not new and has not been an issue.Its only since people became aware that Muslims use a similar method it has become a problem…funny that!
As posted above there are no slaughterhouses in Scotland that kill without stunning first .

If you buy from a butcher it is not guaranteed non halal as the meat comes from the slaughter house not the butcher and a lot of slaughter houses are both. If you ask and they tell you it's stunned still be wary as some stunning is reversable and this is how they get round it.

Bet none of you ask in restaurants or cafes if it's halhal

ALL animals should be fully stunned first. How did we get to the point in this country that it is okay not for this to be the case? We have animal protection laws don’t we? It as soon as a minority group start shouting they want to be above the law we allow it? This is so very wrong imo.

They're not kept separately in any supermarket I've been to.
Perhaps I go to the "wrong" ones.

Absolutely! And it goes for chickens as well! Kosher or halal killing!
If you are so concerned shop at your local butcher and ask the origins! Usually locally sourced if it’s a good butcher

I've never seen halal or kosher stocked seperately in a supermarket.

If you are concerned then go to your local butcher (they are sometimes cheaper than supermarkets & sourced locally)!
Supermarket meat is labelled. Halal & kosher are stocked in separate cabinets from other meats (which are not always UK or better reared)!
The worst meats are American imports! Filled with all sorts.

I usually plump for pork.

Yes, it should be labelled as clear as day, so yhat people can decide what they will/won't eat.