Ritual Slaughter: Regulation

(asked on 15th September 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential for Food Standards Agency-approved slaughterhouses to accommodate Jhatka slaughter methods that comply with general animal welfare laws; and what steps she is taking to support dietary diversity for the Sikh community in the UK.


Answered by
Stephen Morgan Portrait
Stephen Morgan
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 13th October 2026

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 18 September to PQ UIN 28363.

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