It’s time to label all meat as stunned or unstunned at slaughter

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“Ban halal and kosher meat in the UK.” This is the demand of an online petition signed by more than 88,000 people doing the rounds on social media. It is far from the first.

This latest example is full of phrases such as: “The people of Britain wish to remain a civilized society not a barbaric one. We denounce halal & kosher meat in our country.”

The call for a ban is becoming a perennial one, but the continual focus on the religious element of