Labels could be placed on meat from animals not stunned before slaughter under government plans to help shoppers to avoid buying it.
The change will be considered in a wider review of food-labelling rules due to be carried out after Brexit.
It is often impossible to tell whether meat on sale in supermarkets and butcher’s shops came from animals that had their throats cut while conscious and able to feel pain.
Jews and Muslims have an exemption from EU law requiring animals to be stunned before slaughter but much of the meat produced for those communities ends up being eaten unwittingly by people who do not share their beliefs. [The Times (£)] Read more
