- HALAL : " 26% identified butchers as primary responsible for the halal fraud " said ASIDCOM and Warns European Muslims

France
89%  Muslim consumers  surveyed  said that they were aware
of fraud in the French halal market - The ASIDCOM report


The Association of Non-Stun Abattoirs teamed up with ASIDCOM  and warned
Muslims at the Association Awareness, Information and Consumer Defence Muslims
seminar launch of their Traditional Halal Butchers Survey: Northern France
in LILLE on Sunday 13 Jan 2013.

M/S Hanen Rezgui the chair persons presented a detailed  report on
the halal Meat and poultry industry  in the north of France.

The ASIDCOM report highlighted  89%  Muslim consumers  surveyed  said
that they were aware of fraud in the French halal market, and about 26%
identified butchers as primary responsible for the halal fraud .
In the absence of any formal definition of the word halal in French law.

Muslim consumers are unanimous: 100% support requiring that a halal
standard must ensure good animal welfare while respecting the religious
requirements in terms of religious slaughter and processing of animals.
Similarly, 97% of the respondents say that the standard must ensure
that the halal meat comes from animals slaughtered without any stunning.” .

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