07 May 2014

Pizza Express will review halal policy on menus after campaigners say clearer labelling needed

... That Pizza Express has changed its supplier to provide exclusively halal chicken is not news, but the lack of clarity on its menus has raised concerns that customers are not being allowed to make an informed choice.

The restaurant said that it was “no secret” that all the chicken used in its dishes was halal slaughtered, adding that all birds are stunned before being killed.

[A COMMENT] Why is it that the vast majority of the population have to eat meat that was slaughtered according to the religious beliefs of a small minority. I want informed choice.

[ANOTHER] LOL how far the western world is prepared to bend to anything rather than be considered racist.

If baby hamsters being boiled alive was part of islamic rules then the supermarkets would willingly go with it.

[ANOTHER] In a wider context, these Muslim and Jewish rules about how animals should be slaughtered are really nothing to do with any religious belief. These rules probably made good sense in ancient times in hot countries, but in modern times and with refrigeration, they make no sense at all. [The Independent] Read more