Journal
MEAT SCIENCE
Volume 123, Issue -, Pages 143-150Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2016.09.013
Keywords
Halal consumer; Halal slaughter; Islamic scholar; Stunning; Animal welfare, Halal meat
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- Humane Slaughter Association (HSA) through an Animal Welfare Research Training (PhD) Scholarship
- AHDB Beef and Lamb
- Halal Food Foundation (HFF), the parent company of Halal Food Authority (HFA)
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The importance of religious slaughter from economic, emotive and ethical viewpoints is significant. There are apparent economic benefits associated with trading in meats slaughtered according to religious traditions. Some religious authorities insist on the slaughter of animals without stunning, but this, according to many researchers, compromises animal welfare. We conducted a survey of Islamic scholars and Halal consumers, 66 scholars from 55 organisations and 314 consumers from 54 UK cities/towns were surveyed. Forty-nine scholars were interviewed through pre-arranged meetings, 17 surveyed online whilst all 314 consumers were either surveyed online or through the remote completion of copies of the questionnaire. Most of the scholars (>95%) (CI 86.9 to 98.4%) agreed that if an animal is stunned and then slaughtered by a Muslim and the method of stunning does not result in death, cause physical injury or obstruct bleed-out, the meat would be Halal and 53% (CI 47 to 58%) consumers also thought such meat would be Halal. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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