Northhamptonshire (”Northants”) is where Melrose Plant is from, in that mystery series that it’s too early to remember the name of. He’s not the detective, just the sidekick, but he’s more likeable than ol’ whatsisface.
It sounds rather bucolic, like Missouri. Missouri also has sheep. Do the Welsh sell their sheep for hallal slaughter? My great-uncle Virgil in Missouri was making large profits shipping truckloads of sheep up to the Detroit area for Moslem consumption.
| "Although UK and EU legislation allows for the slitting of animals' throats without prior stunning to enable Muslims and Jews to meet the dietary requirements of their faiths, the rapid increase in the production of halal meat in particular now greatly exceeds the proportion of Muslims in the UK population. The halal share of the UK meat market has grown from 11 per cent in 2001 to 25 per cent today, he said. The Muslim population is estimated at 4.6 per cent. "A quarter of all meat on the British market is now killed according to the non-stun Halal principle despite the fact the Muslim community makes up only three to four per cent of the British population. "Writing in Veterinary Record, Professor Reilly said: "Why has there been this growth in demand for halal meat and the proportion that is from non-stunned animals? There may be operational advantages for an abattoir if stunning is not carried out. Other commercial drivers include the convenience of not offering a Halal processing line." "Professor Bill Reilly, a consultant in veterinary public health and former chairman of the UK Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food, said the growth in the slaughter of animals which had not been stunned was "unacceptable" and should be curbed, if not banned. |