MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the labelling of meat from animals killed in ritual slaughter
11.1.2016
Louis Aliot, Gilles Lebreton, Edouard Ferrand, Philippe Loiseau, Mireille d’Ornano, Sylvie Goddyn, Jean-François Jalkh, Mylène Troszczynski
B8-0127/2016
Motion for a European Parliament resolution on the labelling of meat from animals killed in ritual slaughter
The European Parliament,
– having regard to paragraph 49 of its resolution of 4 July 2012 on the European Union Strategy for the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2012–2015[1],
– having regard to recital 50 and Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers[2],
– having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, in particular Article 169 on consumer protection and Article 191,
– having regard to Rule 133 of its Rules of Procedure,
A. whereas, in accordance with the precautionary principle, consumers have a right to information about food products;
B. whereas meat from animals killed in ritual slaughter can pose a risk to health;
C. whereas a number of scientific studies have shown that ritual slaughter causes animal suffering;
D. whereas only part of the ritually slaughtered animal is consumed by the religious community concerned, while the rest is sold for general consumption;
1. Calls on the Commission to produce statistics showing how much of the meat sold in Europe is from animals killed in ritual slaughter;
2. Calls on the Commission to introduce a labelling system that indicates, in all cases, whether all or part of a meat product comes from an animal killed in ritual slaughter;
3. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission.
- [1] Texts adopted, P7_TA(2012)0290.
- [2] OJ L 304, 22.11.2011, p. 18.