(UK) Top Universities Secretly Serve Halal

Daily Mail : It started with restaurants and supermarkets - now top British universities have admitted serving up Halal meat to unwitting students.

At least ten top higher education establishments - including Oxford University and the University of Manchester - are secretly serving up meat from potentially unstunned animals, it has emerged. In Manchester, 85 per cent of all meat served is unlabelled Halal meal, while all the chicken served at Sheffield and Exeter - which is Halal - is not marked as so.

The findings were unearthed through a Freedom of Information request which was sent to 126 establisments. But just 25 responded - meaning the problem could be more widespread than currently thought. The news comes after it was revealed last week that leading restaurants were serving Halal meat without informing their customers.

Halal meat comes from animals which have had their cuts slit while still alive, in accordance with Islamic traditions. But some animals are not stunned beforehand, leaving them in pain. Now - according to student newspaper The Tab - nearly half of the universities that responded to the request are serving Halal meat without making students aware. Read it all here.............

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