Petitions/Label ALL meat as Religiously Slaughtered or Non-Religiously Slaughtered
StatusClosed
Opened29 Sept 2025
Closes29 Mar 2026
Government responseResponded
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones 10,000

We want the Government to create a law requiring all meat to have a label, such as a simple RS (Religiously Slaughtered) or NRS (Not religiously slaughtered), that states whether it has been religiously slaughtered or not.

We think that labelling meat as ‘stunned’ or ‘not stunned’ is not adequate because when meat has been subject to a ‘recoverable stun’, the throat is slit and the animal may wake up in excruciating pain to hear the religious blessing, unable to vocalise its distress. I am concerned that religiously slaughtered meat, using inhumane methods, is entering the food chain and is being sold to people who may object to the method of slaughter, without it being labelled.

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Government response

There are no requirements to label meat from animals slaughtered in accordance with religious rites. Where information of this nature is provided it must be accurate and must not be misleading.

Constituency engagement ranking

Rupert Lowe
1Rupert Lowe MP
Great Yarmouth
225
Maya Ellis
2Maya Ellis MP
Ribble Valley
181
Victoria Atkins
3Victoria Atkins MP
Louth and Horncastle
180
Michelle Scrogham
4Michelle Scrogham MP
Barrow and Furness
167
Andy MacNae
5Andy MacNae MP
Rossendale and Darwen
162
Ann Davies
6Ann Davies MP
Caerfyrddin
157
Dr Luke Evans
7Dr Luke Evans MP
Hinckley and Bosworth
155
Dame Nia Griffith
8Dame Nia Griffith MP
Llanelli
154
Charlie Dewhirst
9Charlie Dewhirst MP
Bridlington and The Wolds
149
Jade Botterill
10Jade Botterill MP
Ossett and Denby Dale
149