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@daydream**believer wrote:

My kids last school sports day had a sausage sizzle.

All the sausages were Halal.

There were quite a few not impressed that that was the only option.

 

Now they are having another sausage sizzle this friday.  Halal chick sausages and non halal beef ones

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Bet the non halal beef ones sell the best if the people are informed and given the choice.... 

From Dick Smith Food

http://www.dicksmithfoods.com.au/media/news/muslim-branding-our-food

Muslim Branding on Our Food

We have received a number of letters from people asking if we will be putting the Muslim Halal logo on our food.
 
To acquire Halal certification, payment is required to the endorsing body and involves a number of site inspections of both our growers and processors in order to ensure that our practices comply with the conditions of Halal certification.  It is important to note that this does not reflect the quality of the food being processed or sold – it only means that the products are approved as being prepared in accordance with the traditions of the Muslim faith.
 
We are aware of an increasing number of large companies both in Australia and overseas, such as Kraft and Cadbury, who have obtained accreditation to use the Halal logo.  We don’t believe they have done this because of any religious commitment but rather for purely commercial reasons.  Perhaps these large organisations can afford to do this.  While we have a choice however, we would prefer to avoid unnecessarily increasing the cost of our products in order to pay for Halal accreditation when this money would be better spent continuing to support important charitable causes where assistance is greatly needed.
 
We point out that we have never been asked to put a Christian symbol (or any other religious symbol) on our food requiring that we send money to a Christian organisation for the right to do so.

 the same would apply for kosher food

so companies like Kraft and Cadbury's do it just as a sales pitch then

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

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@*mrgrizz* wrote:

tell be one abattoir in Australia where animals aren't stunned before slaughter?

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i posted this on this thread:

http://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-LOW-Can-This-Liberal-Gov-Sink/m-p/1481057#U1481...

There are a number of small abattoirs in Australia that have an exemption to slaughter animals without stunning them first. This means that animals are fully conscious and experience pain and distress when their throats are cut. http://www.rspca.org.au/campaigns/un-stunned-slaughter

 

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my understanding is that they need to apply for every animal they wish to "ritual slaughter" not every animal they process is killed in this manner.

we are not talking a whole days production.

is heavily regulated

no I don't agree with it

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@daydream**believer wrote:

My kids last school sports day had a sausage sizzle.

All the sausages were Halal.

There were quite a few not impressed that that was the only option.

 

Now they are having another sausage sizzle this friday.  Halal chick sausages and non halal beef ones

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Bring on the pork snags

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@the_hawk* wrote:

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@daydream**believer wrote:

My kids last school sports day had a sausage sizzle.

All the sausages were Halal.

There were quite a few not impressed that that was the only option.

 

Now they are having another sausage sizzle this friday.  Halal chick sausages and non halal beef ones

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Bring on the pork snags

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i quite often offer the Muslim slaughtermen bacon and egg sandwhiches for smoko

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

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@*mrgrizz* wrote:

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

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@*mrgrizz* wrote:

tell be one abattoir in Australia where animals aren't stunned before slaughter?

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i posted this on this thread:

http://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-LOW-Can-This-Liberal-Gov-Sink/m-p/1481057#U1481...

There are a number of small abattoirs in Australia that have an exemption to slaughter animals without stunning them first. This means that animals are fully conscious and experience pain and distress when their throats are cut. http://www.rspca.org.au/campaigns/un-stunned-slaughter

 

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my understanding is that they need to apply for every animal they wish to "ritual slaughter" not every animal they process is killed in this manner.

we are not talking a whole days production.

 

is heavily regulated

 

no I don't agree with it

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is that what they mean by "exemption" ?

no animal should be killed in that manner

 

Australian law dictates that all animals must be stunned so that they are insensible to pain prior to slaughter. However, there are exemptions given to a number of abattoirs to meet a small demand in Australia for religious slaughter (all kosher and some halal products). 

 

 

 

 

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yes