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Assemblée nationale : Réponse écrite à la question n°37355 : Règlementation de l’abattage des animaux-Dérogation à l’obligation d’étourdir

By June 15, 2021June 29th, 2021No Comments

Document type : French National Assembly written answer published in the Journal officiel de la République française

Authors: Question: Claire O'Petit (La République en Marche - Eure). Answer: French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Question: Ms Claire O'Petit draws the attention of the Minister of Agriculture and Food to the regulation of animal slaughter. Current regulations allow for an exemption from the requirement to stun animals before bleeding for the production of kosher and halal meat. However, there are no statistics on the production of such meat in each geographical Department, whether it is intended for national consumption or for export. These statistics would make it possible to assess changes in production, demand and in government monitoring of such exemptions. She would therefore like to know whether the Government intends to make public the statistics required to assess and oversee such exemptions.

Answer: Collection at national level of information on slaughter volumes is carried out by the Statistics and Forecasting Department of the Ministry of Agriculture using overall figures. The Ministry of Agriculture does not have any statistical data related to the production of or demand for meat specifically from ritual slaughter.