TES6044896NI: Re your recent enquiry TES6044896NI: Re your recent enquiry [email protected] Add to contacts 10/09/2014 To: [email protected] [email protected] Dear Mr Sykes Thank you for your email. We sell Halal meat in our stores to meet customer demand and to demonstrate that everyone is welcome at Tesco. I would like to assure you that we require all slaughter processes for Tesco branded products to meet our stringent animal welfare requirements, without exception. In every case, the animal is stunned before slaughter, to cause immediate loss of consciousness which lasts until death, rather than to calm the animals. The only difference is that Halal meat has had a blessing. Like all other major UK supermarkets, we source from suppliers who serve Muslim as well as non-Muslim customers. Some of these suppliers process all their meat to Halal standards. None of our beef, turkey and pork comes from Halal approved abattoirs, a small minority of our chicken, and all our New Zealand Lamb has received a Halal blessing. We understand that some of our customers will not want to eat meat that has received a Halal blessing. The vast majority of our fresh meat products are produced on British farms without receiving a Halal blessing and is fully traceable as such. The only fresh meat that may have been blessed is lamb and chicken, so for customers who want to make sure that they have not consumed meat which has received a Halal blessing, we are able to guarantee that our British Organic Lamb as well as British Organic, Willow Farm and Finest Free Range Chicken has not received a Halal blessing. Thank you for bringing your concerns to our attention. I hope that the above information is helpful. Kind regards Sarah Thorne Tesco Customer Service Tesco Logo
Posted on: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 14:19:55 +0000
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