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he European Jewish Congress has strongly condemned a decision made in the Wallon region in southern Belgium to effectively ban Shechita, the Jewish form of humane slaughter for meat, reports the Jewish Press. In addition to the ban of kosher slaughter, it also applies to halal as well. EJC President Dr. Moshe Kantor called the decision as “scandalous,” and said it stands in opposition to the European Union’s freedom of religion laws. In May the Environment Committee of the Wallon Parliament in Belgium’s French-speaking region voted to ban all slaughter without stunning, effective September 2019. The Parliament’s plenary is
now set to debate the issue later this year. A similar move has been proposed by the parliament in the Flanders region as well. “This decision, in the heart of Western Europe and the center of the European Union, sends a terrible message to Jewish communities throughout our continent that Jews are unwanted,” Kantor said. “It attacks the very core of our culture and religious practice and our status as equal citizens with equal rights in a democratic society. It gives succor to anti-Semites and to those intolerant of other communities and faiths. “We call on legislators to step back from the brink of the greatest assault on Jewish religious rights in
Belgium since the Nazi occupation of the country in WWII,” he urged. “The European Jewish Congress and its affiliates stand in total solidarity with the Jewish community of Belgium in its fight to maintain its most basic religious freedoms,” he added. “We will not rest until this ban is overturned and Jews in Europe are able to practice their most basic religious rights.” Belgium will not be the first country in Europe to ban kosher/ halal slaughter of animals. Denmark has a similar law though it’s almost pointless since the Jewish community in Denmark is so small, kosher slaughtering stopped in Denmark long before the law went into effect.
Irish lamb producers hit by low prices
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upermarket giant Tesco’s price levels for Irish spring lamb have been called “unsustainably low” by the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA). The association’s chairperson, John Brooks, says that UK-basedTesco is undermining premium spring lamb producers by “offloading” spring lamb at €8.69/kg ($9.66). By the time the cost of processing has been taken into account, farmers can’t turn a profit at price
levels that low, said Brooks. “This can only be described as below cost selling. This will have the effect of putting farmers out of business. The ICSA is calling for this practice to stop.” Brooks said that farmers are not being fairly compensated for the work involved in producing a quality product. “Spring lamb producers excelled as usual. They carefully planned lambing dates/sale dates, cared for their flocks pre and postlambing; at a time of year when you
have long winter nights and feed costs are at a maximum, in order to have a premium product ready for Easter and early summer.” One of Brooks complaints is that the supermarkets have no problem promoting farmed salmon as a luxury product commanding high prices. Why not lamb? In a statement to the Irish Farmers Journal, Tesco defended its promotion saying that the promotion was planned as part of its nationwide introduction to spring lamb.
India bans sale of cows for slaughter
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he Indian government has issued a nationwide ban on selling cattle for slaughter, the toughest measure yet imposed to protect cows, an animal that conservative Hindus regard as sacred. What makes this ban a challenge for all concerned is that India is the world’s leading buffalo meat exporter. Is the meat being sold from
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a cow or from a buffalo? The man on the street can’t tell and due to this, Muslim meat traders have been attacked and some killed, according to numerous sources. Under the new rules, no cows or buffaloes can be traded at a livestock market without a signed declaration by the owner stating that the animal was not being sold
for slaughter. And, anyone buying livestock would have to present a document showing that he or she is an “agriculturalist,” said Al Jazeera news. Bovine red meat, which is cheaper in India than many other sources of protein, is a major part of the diet of Muslims, Christians and Hindus from the lowest rung of the caste system, known as Dalits. July~August 2017 | Meat Packing Journal | 7