Some meat labelled as "halal" is from animals which have been humanely killed.
Mr
B comments
thus: "I do not wish to become involved in any argument over the
interpretation of the Koran. I want a ban on the cruel
practice
of cutting animals' throats whilst they are conscious. In
legal
terms, I want the religious exemptions in the law on slaughter
abolished. I have no objection to the sale of meat labelled
as
"halal" if it has been produced entirely in accordance with RSPCA
recommendations."
As far as we know, all meat
sold as "kosher" is from inhumanely
killed animals.
MEAT FROM ANIMALS KILLED INHUMANELY, UNDER THE RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS,
CAN, ANYWHERE IN THE UK, BE LAWFULLY SOLD TO UNSUSPECTING CUSTOMERS IN APPARENTLY SECULAR SHOPS, RESTAURANTS ETC. It might be halal or kosher meat, or meat (eg rump steak) not classified under
Jewish doctrine as "kosher" but from animals killed by the Jewish
method.
It is open to customers to ask questions.
It is also open to the proprietor of any establishment which
sells animal products to display a notice as follows, if true
and,
of course, subject to planning law:
"All animal products sold in this establishment have been produced
entirely in accordance with RSPCA recommendations."
(Meat etc. produced under the RSPCA Freedom Food Scheme may not
have been produced in accordance with RSPCA recommendations. Hillside
Animal Sanctuary has published evidence of serious neglect on
farms in the Scheme.)
Readers should, of course, bear in mind that a company might own many
establishments, perhaps in many countries and could display such
notices in some of its establishments but not others.
means "halal".
Slightly different forms of it are in use, eg 
and 
.