PizzaExp. secretly serving halal meat in all restaurants
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Revelations that Pizza Express is serving halal chicken meat has triggered a storm of debate about the ritual practice of animal slaughter and whether they really suffer more than those killed by other methods.
The Sun reported on its front page that all chicken meat in the chain's pizzas are killed in accordance with Islamic law and said this could cause animals "unnecessary suffering".
For meat to be halal, an animal has to have its throat slit by hand while it is still alive. An accompanying editorial in The Sun conceded that there was actually "no unusual cruelty issue" if animals were stunned before being slaughtered, as is standard for non-religious slaughter.
The RSPCA told The Daily Telegraph: “We recognise religious practices should be respected but we also believe animals should be slaughtered in the most humane way possible.”
Stephen Evans, of the National Secular Society, told The Sun: “Unsuspecting members of the public are routinely being duped into buying meat from religious slaughter methods.
“Meat should be properly labelled, enabling consumers to make an informed choice about the food they’re buying.”
— No mention of it on restaurant's menus
— Staff will only tell customers if they ask
hence "the most humane slaughter possible". Anesthetizing the animal and letting him be killed unnoticed is a biT more humane than throwing it against a wall until its dead or something similar. There are levels you know
hence "the most humane slaughter possible". Anesthetizing the animal and letting him be killed unnoticed is a biT more humane than throwing it against a wall until its dead or something similar. There are levels you know
To be humane is to show compassion..and I just don't see that in killing another living thing. Regardless, I'm not even vegetarian/vegan, but still
Anyway, halal meat or not, they should make it clear where there meat comes from, it's just good practice.
Well, when the opinion isn't supported by facts in any way, shape, or form, and seems to only be based on the fact that this form of slaughter is related to the religion of Islam, yeah, it seems pretty bigoted.
For meat to be halal, an animal has to have its throat slit by hand while it is still alive.
Disgusting and barbaric (and regular slaughterhouses are disgusting and barbaric too, FYI). It should be outlawed, just because some people have a religious belief does not mean it should be accepted, tolerated or condoned in any way.
Disgusting and barbaric (and regular slaughterhouses are disgusting and barbaric too, FYI). It should be outlawed, just because some people have a religious belief does not mean it should be accepted, tolerated or condoned in any way.
Disgusting and barbaric (and regular slaughterhouses are disgusting and barbaric too, FYI). It should be outlawed, just because some people have a religious belief does not mean it should be accepted, tolerated or condoned in any way.