Petition · past parliament

Change rules so that religious slaughter is only for consumption by Jews/Muslims

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

DEFRA religious slaughter exemption states by Jews/Muslims intended for consumption by Jews/Muslims. This allowed overproduction and the introduction of religiously slaughtered meat into the non religious food chain. This is against the religious and other requirements of many and should be changed.
A large amount of supermarket and resturant meat is the product of religious slaughter without any notification or labelling.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

2 Jan 2018 Petition opened for signatures
6 Mar 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 6 Mar 2018

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.