patsylabrador Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 The vet's column in the Saturday Telegraph had a short piece about ritual slaughter. It's allowed in this country as you know but what I didn't know is that any meat left over from the religious market is 'sold, unlabelled, in general butchers'. Some people are ok with that, but I'm not. New labelling is being considered to inform consumers. I shall just continue to be very careful about where I buy my meat, but that's a luxury that some people don't have. He has a blog where he says he would welcome comments: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/author/peterwedderburn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Some people are ok with that, but I'm not. Me neither I'll view the links later, thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 This has been going on for years and as far as I am aware this happens with the parts of the carcass that are not used with both Halal and Kosher meat. With Kosher the hind quarters are not eaten by Kosher meat eaters but I am not sure if more is 'wasted' by Halal meat eaters. All of the remaining meat ends up in supermarkets and butchers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 If it is slaughtered for a particular religion it should not be foisted onto other meat eaters Chucky Mama, I didn't realise that the whole animal wasn't used, that makes it even worse I really, really hope they label these products. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinsk Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 I heard about this last year and think it's absolutely disgusting. I only recently realised that they dont use the rear end of the animal as it's considered unclean! Personally I don't think these methods of slaughter should be allowed at all but to sneakily pass off the unwanted bits really isn't on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 I have to admit I have never really considered ritual slaughter in any great depth. I lived in Bradford for a few years and was surrounded by shops (and restaurants) selling halal meat so I have eaten it knowingly. I think as has been said, this is about lack of information. If you know what you are eating and are happy with this then fine but not to be given the information to make the choice isn't really on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
