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Industrial halal meat production and animal welfare: A review

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posted on 2023-05-03, 20:07 authored by Mustafa FaroukMustafa Farouk, Kristin Pufpaff, Mohammad Amir
Islam teaches zero-tolerance to all forms of animal abuse throughout the halal meat production supply chain; and demand that when animals are slaughtered, that they must be slaughtered in the mindful and attentive way espoused by the Prophet Muhammad. Why then are poor practices and animal welfare abuses still occurring during halal meat production, and how can they be reduced or eliminated? In this review we discuss how improvements might be achieved through: (1) training of staff regarding the religious and regulatory requirements of animal welfare from on-farm to slaughter; (2) empathy and compassion assessment of applicants prior to employment; (3) installation of CCTV cameras around lairage and slaughter sites; (4) regular employee follow-up training to minimise ‘compassion fatigue’; (5) incorporating animal welfare requirements in halal certification; (6); using mosque-based sermons by Imams to increase awareness of animal welfare issues; and (7) making portable humane slaughter units available to small cottage operations and home/neighbourhood-kills through mosque-based organizations/structures.

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© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Language

  • English

Does this contain Māori information or data?

  • No

Publisher

Elsevier

Journal title

Meat Science

ISSN

0309-1740

Citation

Farouk, M. M., Pufpaff, K. M., & Amir, M. (2016). Industrial halal meat production and animal welfare: A review. Meat Science, 120, 60–70. doi:10.1016/j.meatsci.2016.04.023

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Core Funding

Contract number

A19113

Job code

16921X07

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