Mediocrates
06-10-2010, 05:47 PM
http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/32930/shechita-fears-if-european-law-changes
Shechita UK, the lobby organisation which defends religious slaughter, has said a change in European law on labelling food will mean the “end of shechitah†and will “discriminate†against kosher food.
Next week, a plenary session of the European Parliament will vote on the proposal for a regulation on the provision of food information to consumers. A proposed amendment will mean that meat and meat products derived from animals that have been slaughtered by the laws of shechitah will be labelled “meat from slaughter without stunningâ€.
Shechita UK, the lobby organisation which defends religious slaughter, has said a change in European law on labelling food will mean the “end of shechitah†and will “discriminate†against kosher food.
Next week, a plenary session of the European Parliament will vote on the proposal for a regulation on the provision of food information to consumers. A proposed amendment will mean that meat and meat products derived from animals that have been slaughtered by the laws of shechitah will be labelled “meat from slaughter without stunningâ€.