ECJ RULES THAT RITUAL SLAUGHTER IN THE EU MUST TAKE PLACE IN AN APPROVED AND REGULATED ABATTOIR
May 1st, 2018
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has today confirmed that ritual slaughter without stunning may take place only in the EU within a slaughterhouse licenced and approved by regulatory authorities. This rule should stand, its judges have said, even if temporary demand for ritual slaughter – for instance during a religious festival – would exceed the capacity of local slaughterhouses to handle potential business.
The risk that this means certain religious communities may not be able to practice ritual slaughter to the scale they desire, prompted this ...
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