Petition · past parliament · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Make it Law to Label Non-Religiously Slaughtered Meat Products.

Closed 783 signatures

What the petition asks

The law states that Halal and Kosher meat must only be intended for their target market. To make matters worse, the government does not force religiously slaughtered meat companies to so label this meat when it enters the general supply chain, due to higher costs.
They are trying to keep the costs down, however, that means that people may be subsidising meat that is not intended for them and which some people are forbidden to eat for religious reasons.

The answer, is to turn it on its head. We call upon the government to enact a law that means all non-religiously slaughtered meat must be labelled as such. A stamp saying NRS (Not Religiously Slaughtered) would work. This would give people a choice, one not currently available.

Timeline

16 Mar 2021 Petition opened for signatures
16 Sep 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 783
Status Closed
Department Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened 16 Mar 2021
Closed 16 Sep 2021

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