MUSLIMS BEING ‘CHEATED’ ON HALAL MEAT
iWitness - Exclusive by Osama Saeed


Scotland’s Halal meat industry has been plunged into crisis with the news that the country’s sole abattoir producing meat for Muslims electrocutes its animals before slaughter.

The Sandyford Abattoir in Paisley, which performs contract killing for AP Jess and Emmark, who supply most of Scotland’s Muslim butchers, has come under fire for its practices, which also include a conveyor belt system where animals see others slaughtered in front of them. The iWitness visited the site itself to confirm that lambs and chickens were stunned before slaughter was performed.

Muslims have been urged to put pressure on their local butchers and takeaways to ensure that they buy their meat from abattoirs which do not stun their animals.

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