Editing Halal (section)

====United Kingdom====
{{As of|August 2012}}, an estimated 27 UK [[Tesco]] supermarkets, in addition to most urban [[Asda]] and many [[Morrisons]] supermarkets, had halal meat counters, selling meat approved for consumption by Muslims.<ref name="halalTesco">{{cite news |title=National Halal Centre |url=http://www.nationalhalal.com/viewlocator.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100308212651/http://www.nationalhalal.com/viewlocator.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 March 2010 |work=National Halal Food Group |publisher=National Halal Food Group |date=20 August 2012 |access-date=20 August 2012}}</ref> According to the Food Standards Agency Animal Welfare Update report, published September 2017, 16 percent of animals slaughtered by the halal method were not stunned before slaughter, which violates [[RSPCA]] standards on animal welfare.<ref name="halal RSPCA">{{cite news |title=Religious Slaughter – RSPCA |url=https://www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/farm/slaughter/religiousslaughter |publisher=RSPCA |access-date=21 March 2019}}</ref> However, it is legal in the UK due to an exemption in the law granted to Jews and Muslims.<ref>{{cite web |quote=The stunning of livestock before slaughter has been compulsory in the EU since 1979 but most member states, including the UK, grant exemptions to Muslims and Jews. |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/politics/2012/05/halal-hysteria |title=Halal hysteria |work=[[New Statesman]] |date=9 May 2012}}</ref>