Over the past two years, plant-based food consumption has grown by 49% across the EU, reaching a total sales volume of €3.6 billion.
UK: The Food Standards Agency will publish all ritual slaughters that are not performed using electric shock.
2025-05-15
The Food Standards Agency has pledged to regularly publish information on animals slaughtered without pre-stunning.
Data will be released from a number of abattoirs in England and Wales that either use no pre-stunning or a combination of pre-stunning and non-stunning.
Some kosher and halal slaughter methods do not include pre-stunning, but 84% of halal slaughter methods do.
The British Veterinary Association opposes exemptions from pre-stunning, arguing that a mismatch between supply and demand for halal and kosher meat could result in non-stunned meat being sold outside the specialist market.