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Old 09-01-2016, 14:14   #48
Margaret Pilkington
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Re: Halal butcher?

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Originally Posted by Accyexplorer View Post
Do you know this as fact D,If we cared to look, I'm sure we could find enough examples of procedures not being followed correctly etc in any slaughter house.
I'd say there would also a equivalent amount of evidence to support that the halal slaughter procedure is just as 'humane' as the standard.
I know this to be a fact as my daughter used to work at a local slaughterhouse.
There were a whole raft of regulations which were strenuously enforced.
The animals were stunned before slaughter and they were kept calm.
Animals who are fearful release hormones which make for tough meat.
Official vets are employed by slaughterhouses to ensure humane standards of kill are maintained.....and to ensure animal welfare in the period prior to the slaughter. (My neice is married to one of these offical vets)

Kosher slaughter was also performed at this establishment and this was also rigorously regulated.
Halal slaughter(and Kosher too) is NOT humane......there is no stunning of the animal.

Yes, I do care......I do not wish to eat halal meat of any descripton....I believe that I should be told if the meat I am about to buy is Halal.....this givs me the choice of whether to buy or not......in my case, it would be NOT.

I fully understand how meat gets to my plate and I accept that, as I eat meat.
If I felt differently I would not choose to eat meat.
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