Review of Stunning and Halal Slaughter

Project Code: W.LIV.0383

Year Published: 2010

This paper addresses a number of issues surrounding the ritual slaughter of animals for the production of Halal food.

This paper addresses a number of issues surrounding the ritual slaughter of animals for the production of Halal food. The objectives of the study were to describe; the currently available methods of stunning prior to slaughter, methods of Halal slaughter without prior stunning, the religious (Islamic) reasons for un-stunned slaughter and assess the impact of slaughter with or without stunning from a scientific animal welfare perspective. The report supports the use of pre-slaughter stunning.

Keywords: Cattle, Sheep, Goats, In-market, Lairage/ Point of slaughter

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