Tag Archives: Non-Stunned

The campaign to end non-stun slaughter and provide consumers with better information about the welfare of animals at slaughter has received a positive response from Ministers. Responding to the British Veterinary Association (BVA) e-petition, the Department for Environment, Food and ...

By Alistair Driver The recent debate over halal meat labelling was a distraction from the core issue of animals being slaughtered without pre-stunning, according to the head of the British Veterinary Association (BVA). BVA president Robin Hargreaves said he is ...

By ZÉNA BUTT, HFF THE halal meat industry has had a mammoth amount of media coverage in the last week or so. Following The Sun’s front page article on the ‘Halal Secret of Pizza Express’ (May 7, 2014), a snowball ...

By Carla Power, The Guardian With concern over animal welfare, supermarkets and restaurants under fire and fears about ‘foreign ways’, halal meat is food’s most politically charged subject. But it’s now a £1bn a year market in the UK alone – ...

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has launched a government epetition to end the non-stun slaughter of animals, to support animal welfare. Supported by the RSPCA, the petition calls for an end to the slaughter of animals without pre-stunning. EU and ...