Preamble Observant Muslims and Jews eat only halal or kosher products, and face difficulties in finding food products allowed to them by their respective religions. Both Islam and Judaism teach prescribed rules related to what followers can and cannot eat. ...
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Animal Welfare and Slaughter Houses in the UK
The provisions of current UK and EU legislation according to health, welfare and slaughter of animals and poultry, as appropriate, must be complied with. A traceability certificate must be provided for beef slaughter. Every practical effort must be made to ...
Read More »Definition of Zibah / Dabh and slaughterhouses
Allah says in the fifth chapter of Qur`an Al-Maida 5:2 that: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لاَ تُحِلُّوا شَعَائِرَ اللَّهِ وَلاَ الشَّهْرَ الْحَرَامَ وَلاَ الْهَدْيَ وَلاَ الْقَلاَئِدَ وَلاَ آمِّينَ الْبَيْتَ الْحَرَامَ يَبْتَغُونَ فَضْلاً مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ وَرِضْوَانًا وَإِذَا حَلَلْتُمْ فَاصْطَادُوا وَلاَ يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شَنَآنُ قَوْمٍ ...
Read More »A brief definition of halal and haram and zibah/dabh
The word ‘halal’ literally means permissible- and in translation it is usually used as lawful. The antonym to halal is haram, which means unlawful or forbidden. It is well known in the meat trade that Muslims consume halal meat. However, at ...
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