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..the Scottish Government have admitted that the placing of non-stunned meat slaughtered in the UK into the general food chain has been illegal since 1995.

......currently restricts religious slaughter to slaughter by the Jewish method for the food of Jews and by the Muslim method for the food of Muslims.

....the legislation states that meat from animals not stunned must only be sold/ provided to Muslims/ Jews.

It is estimated that around 70% of non-stunned Kosher meat provided/ sold in the UK is not consumed by Jews.

Many Muslims and Jews support stunning for welfare reasons, it’s an insult to them for the Government to frame this as a human rights issue

http://halalfocus.net/uk-scottish-go...at-is-illegal/

Locally the halal symbol in restaurant/takeaway windows is already causing them a drop in custom among non-muslims, so they are removing the signs hoping that customers will return.

But the genie is out of the bottle now, and a restaurant owner I know well has said he will start providing a dual menu with strict controls over what meat is used in which meals.

But the law exists and so should be followed, so why isn't it?