Halal meat could soon be banned in the UK under European Union plans to curtail animal cruelty. The European Commission have put forward plans to ensure that slaughtered animals are "spared any avoidable pain, distress or suffering". Under these proposals, all animals that are to be slaughtered will have to be stunned beforehand.
The proposal does include an opt out clause for nations that wish to allow ritual religious slaughter, however many animal welfare groups, including the RSPCA, are calling for the ban to be implemented outright. They believe that scientific research has shown to halal slaughter method to cause undue suffering to animals, which is in their eyes grounds enough to have the practice banned.
Last month the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs launched a consultation on how best to implement the rules.
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