ECJ JUDGE SAYS HALAL AND KOSHER MEAT CAN BE LABELLED ORGANIC, EVEN WHEN LIVESTOCK IS NOT PRE-STUNNED
September 1st, 2018
A EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) advocate general has advised the court to allow organic labels to be fixed to meat and poultry products from livestock killed under religious rules, such as halal and kosher, without pre-stunning.
This formal opinion from Advocate General Nils Wahl argued that European Union (EU) organic production laws do not insist that animals be stunned before slaughter, only that their suffering be minimised.
Such opinions are important, because the ECJ’s full court usually adopts them in its final judgements.,
The opinion follows an ...
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