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BRUSSELS, Sept 27 (KUNA) -- A British Member of the European Parliament
Sajjad Karim Friday said a Danish MEP was trying to tighten up regulations
that could mean animals slaughtered in compliance with either Islamic or
Jewish regulations would receive distinct labelling from animals not killed
through religious slaughter.
"Once again this issue has surfaced. If we label a product as 'halal' or
'kosher' it will automatically single it out and subsequently drive down
sales, push up prices and destroy availability," said Karim in a press
sttement.
"These plans are discriminatory since only animals which are killed for
meat using the Halal or Shechita method would require a special label when
sold to consumers or sold onto the processed meat industry, while animals
which are shot, gassed or stunned would not be labeled as such," he noted.
Karim said he was working to try to convince Members of the the European
Parliament that this regulation appears to single out this method of slaughter
and that the will continue to fight against this discriminatory proposal. (end)
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