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to critics, they have a defrosting power if use at the beginning of the session, they help participant to engage the conversation, they inform participants and moderator on their origin, which can be a trigger of controversies Questions related to the level of knowledge on ritual slaughter are really not debatable neither, they are more factual data even if they are, again , part of a strategy of self presentation. These questions are indications but cannot be treated and analysed as such.

Questions that have led to controversies and 'unstable' opinions (from the less to the most controversial issues ): Qualities attributed to H/K food with special focus on meat. What are the qualities attributed to H/K foods and in particular to meat ? What are the motivations to eat H/K ?

Quality is a multidimensional concept combining several dimensions and characteristics of the product. We expected participants to identify the specificities of foods by experienced or inexperienced comparison to similar conventional foods. We were aware that some participants never consumed conventional foods, but we still did not consider them unable to compare other similar foods. As we said earlier food quality includes material and immaterial components. Furthermore, opinion is not always linked to experience. Indeed it is a major contribution from the sociology to have demonstrate in many circumstances how much independent and unrelated are opinion and practice.

Religious references : Who is legitimate to tell about halal/kosher ? Whom do they refer to when it comes to religious and H/K knowledge in particular ? The participant have been invited to tell about the religious institutions, figure or trend they follow. We expected this issue to be matter of discussion since religious interpretations are generally plural. In an industrial context, with evolving technologies, Halal and kosher norms have to be defined and therefore are matter of discussion between religious and non religious experts.

Questions were supposed to identified the different religious trends the participants belong to as well as to measure the level of awareness of religious debates on issues of slaughter.

Consumption commitment . How much participant feel committed to eat halal / kosher?

How do they respond in a situation where they cannot totally control their food intake : invitation (restaurant, friends), canteens ? This issue is not controversial as long as it is a self appreciation which does not imply any judgment towards others. But the answer were highly dependent on the collective context, and partially built in the FG scene. In particular for Halal commitment was highly valued. The honesty of the speaker was scrutinized by others, or at least the speaker felt like it, therefore their answer were sometime driven by this feeling.

Attitude towards animal and animal welfare : The project aims to explore the conditions for promoting the dialogue between interested parties and stakeholders and facilitating the adoption of good religious slaughter practices. The quality of the dialogue is highly 10