Halal meat in supermarkets

As the great month of binge eating begins it seems a good time to have been alerted to a situation where, apparently most of the meat on our supermarkets is Halal slaughtered but not labelled as such (Morrison’s aside which does not use any Halal slaughtered meat). This has been raised in an article by the Christian Voice e-magazine which you may find helpful for a fairly detailed analysis and report:

http://www.christianvoice.org.uk/Press/press167.html

I flag this up as a matter of real concern, which I was unaware of, since I understand from the article that:

· Such animals are killed by having their throats cut and some supermarkets do not require stunning of the animals, which is inherently cruel.

· Many may object to the use of an Islamic blessing as a necessary part of the slaughter process

· For Sikhs it is totally unacceptable to eat Halal meat

I would value hearing your views on this as I would like to lobby our MP’s but would want this to represent our collective mind on this. Please note that this is not in anyway meant to be anti-Muslim; my concern is that people are appropriately informed so they can choose what they eat, and by implication, how it is slaughtered.