British importers of kosher meat from Poland breathed a sigh of relief this week, as the Polish Senate voted to postpone a law banning the country from exporting slaughter meat without stunning until in 2025
Much of the UK’s kosher meat comes from Poland, where lawmakers in the lower house of parliament passed an animal rights bill last month banning foreign exports of meat from the slaughter without stunning
Recently re-elected Polish conservative President Andrzej Duda watched He wants US security guarantees, reaching out to Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, and ceding ground on issues such as Holocaust rendition
Receive the daily edition of The Jewish News by email and never miss our best articles
Free registration
He was briefed on concerns expressed by European Jewish representatives, a campaign against the bill being mounted by the president of the European Jewish Association (EJA), Rabbi Menachem Margolin, who this week vowed to continue to fight
“The provisions of this bill relating to kosher exports have had a very difficult journey,” he said “It is clear that they have little support from farmers and arouse little support. enthusiasm of the Senate itself It is encouraging «
He warned, however, that « the battle is not over, it has simply been postponed », adding: « If you kick a can on a road, you will end up running out of road »
The Belgian regions of Flanders and Wallonia banned religious slaughter last year in a decision challenged in the highest European courts, but Belgium is not a big exporter, unlike Poland, which ships 1 £ 4 billion of kosher and halal beef each year
The problem is recurring in Poland, where lawmakers voted to ban the practice of non-stunning slaughter in the country in 2013, only to be canceled in 2014
Poland, kosher foods, European Union, halal
World news – GB – UK relief after Poland defers law banning export of non-stunning meat
SOURCE: https://www.w24news.com
