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Survey Shows Consumers' Interest in Labelling of Non-stun Slaughtered Meat

11 Jun 2015

• 11 Jun 09:18

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The British Veterinary Association has called on the European Commission to back proposals to introduce labelling of non-stun slaughtered meat after a study found 72 per cent of people want information on stunning of animals when buying meat. The survey asked 13,500 meat consumers across 27 EU Member States their opinions on meat slaughtered without stunning. It was commissioned in July 2011 to assess the public’s appetite for labelling, after European Parliament proposals to include labelling of non-stun slaughtered meat in Regulation 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers were withdrawn in order to achieve consensus. Commenting,. Read more...