NORTHER EUROPEAN RULE ON LIVESTOCK STUNNING TIGHTEN, CHALLENGING HALAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
December 2nd, 2021
A disconnect is growing between some European jurisdictions and halal certification systems over the stunning of livestock, which has the potential to stymie the growth of halal meat production.
Since last December (2020), European Union member states have had a freer hand to impose stunning requirements, even on proponents of religious slaughter, including kosher as well as halal production, because of a European Court of Justice (ECJ) decision. The court ruled that member states could insist on pre-slaughter non-lethal stunning if they wished (1), despite the ...
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