News/Press releases

  The Environmental and Consumer Affairs Committee of the European Parliament this week voted through an amendment to a new EU food-labelling bill that would require meat not stunned before slaughter to be labelled on food packaging, “unstunned before slaughter”....

  Shechita UK campaign director Shimon Cohen and colleagues held a further series of meetings in Brussels this week. During a friendly and constructive meeting with Struan Stevenson, Conservative MEP for Scotland, Mr Stevenson informed Mr Cohen that the...

  The European Parliament is set to debate a new amendment to the EU’s draft Food Information Regulation next month, which will consider the labelling of all meat slaughtered using the Jewish shechita method. Last year, the Council of Ministers blocked an attempt...

  Shechita UK has welcomed comments made by the Prime Minister in a recent interview with the Jewish News. When asked about securing the future of shechita, Mr Cameron said: “We have no plans to outlaw in any way that practise. There's no stronger supporter of...