Shechita – the Jewish religious humane method of animal slaughter for food
News/Press releases
Shechita UK calls for Comprehensive Labelling
In response to renewed calls for pejorative labelling of Halal and Kosher meat Shechita UK has called again today for far more comprehensive labelling of meat, which does not stigmatise faith communities of religious slaughter, in a letter to the Daily Telegraph. See...
Shechita UK position on mis-stunning
The Times article Saturday the 5th April 2014, highlighted a great deal of confusion and misinformation about the levels of mis-stunning of animals at the point of slaughter in the United Kingdom. For many years Shechita UK has maintained that the problem of...
Prime Minister Supports Shechita
Prime Minister David Cameron has given his assurance that shechita is safe in the United Kingdom. In his speech to the Knesset he said "I’ve stood up to protect Jewish practices. The Jewish community has been an absolute exemplar in integrating into British life in...
Shechita UK Response to BVA Claims
Shechita UK has been extremely active over the last few days responding to remarks from British Veterinary Association (BVA) President Elect, Mr John Blackwell calling for an end to religious slaughter. We have done countless media interviews for broadcast, print and...
Jewish Community Decries British Veterinary ‘Dereliction of Duty’
The Jewish Community responded with great concern this morning following renewed calls on the front page of The Times newspaper from the incoming President of the British Veterinary Association, John Blackwell, for religious slaughter to be banned. Shimon Cohen...
