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Meat: Ritual Slaughter

Asked by Nick TimothyConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 18 November 2025UIN 88904

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 78992, how much meat was processed by each slaughterhouse using the (a) halal and (b) shechita methods in each year since 2020.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

Data regarding the amount of meat resulting from animals slaughtered using the halal method or the shechita method is not collected.

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