Halal and kosher meat might fall under proposed Swiss animal cruelty import restrictions

A motion adopted by Switzerland’s parliament on 7 June 2017 proposes halting the import the meat of mistreated animals. The work of Matthias Aebischer, a socialist member from the canton of Bern, was originally focused on foie gras, frogs legs and fur, but there are now suggestions his motion might include animals slaughtered according to certain islamic and jewish rituals.

According to the newspaper Tages-Anzeiger, Katharina Büttiker, the president of the Swiss animal alliance, an organisation that worked with Aebischer on the motion, thinks certain halal and kosher products should be banned where animals have had their throats cut before being stunned.

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