Catalonia in Spain exports halal meat: What future does it have if Europe prohibits this slaughter?

Published 2024년 2월 19일

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The European Court of Human Rights has ruled in favor of banning animal sacrifice in halal and kosher rituals, which involves bleeding the animal to death. This decision contradicts existing laws that permit animal sacrifice for religious rites and now puts the onus on member state governments to enforce the ban. However, importing meat from animals slaughtered using these methods is still allowed. The ruling comes amidst data showing that in Catalonia, 50% of lambs and 40% of calves were slaughtered using halal methods in 2020, with 4.3% of the population identifying as Muslim. The Business Federation of Meat and Meat Industries (FECIC) has yet to comment on these statistics.

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The option of sacrificing animals in accordance with a religious rite is an option included in current legislation, both in that which regulates the protection of animals during their sacrifice and in that which regulates the hygiene of foods of animal origin. Specifically, the current Council Regulation (EC) 1099/2009, of September 24, regarding the protection of animals at the time of sacrifice, establishes as a condition that animals that are sacrificed for a religious rite in which The animal is not previously stunned and can only be slaughtered in a slaughterhouse. Despite everything, this current law clashes with the intentions that now emanate from Brussels. What will the rulers do? This week, the European Court of Human Rights has endorsed the prohibition of animal sacrifice with the halal (Muslim) and kosher (Jewish) ritual. After the decision of the ECHR was made public, the president of the Union of Islamic Communities of Catalonia, Mohamed El Ghaidouni, has declared ...

Source: Agromeat