Religious leaders call for clearer halal meat labelling
Religious leaders in Britain have called for clearer labelling on meat products after reports claimed a range of supermarkets did not make it clear which foods were halal.
What is halal meat?
Some religious leaders have recommended clearer food labelling to specify halal meat products that are sold in supermarkets and restaurants.
- Under Islamic rules, animals slaughtered using the halal method should be blessed and then killed by a single cut to the throat.
- However, the Food Standards Agency says more than 90 percent of animals used for halal meat in the UK are stunned before being killed - making them desensitised to pain.
- The RSPCA makes no distinction, in terms of animal welfare, between pre-stunned halal meat and conventionally slaughtered meat.
- It only says consumers should be told if an animal is killed without pre-stunning.
- Chains such as Pizza Express, which serves halal chicken, say their suppliers only provide pre-stunned meat.
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