And non-Halal and stunned meat is highly questionable, quoting a research conducted by the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research on the same subject.
The final condition imposed by the Ifta committee of the Scientific Research Institute for the use of stunning is that: “During bleeding, stunning should not reduce the amount of blood”.
Research conducted on the effect of stunning on bleeding process reported that stunning of animals or birds reduces the amount of blood, which means the most of the blood has not been drained out from the carcasses. This puts the meat obtained from stunned animals or birds under a food safety issue, a sign of which, it will be unsafe and could lead to a shorter shelf life.
These arguments were put forward by Joachim Yebouet, a food safety and quality expert and the chief operations officer (COO) at Al Islami Foods, UAE, who spoke about ‘Halal Food Safety and Quality’ at the conference.
“Consumers buying the meat of animals/birds that have been put under stunning conditions will have to pay a higher price, as they will also be paying for the extra blood in the meat (considering that meats are purchased based on weight). This is considered as a malpractice and as an added economical value for the meat industry,” Joachim said.
The Halal way for producing authentic Halal is: animals are raised on natural, healthy and Halal feed, animals are physically fit, hand-slaughtered by a Muslim and no stunning of any kind, reciting Tasmiyyah (Bismillah Allahu Akbar, meaning, Allah is great) while slaughtering.
Saleh Abdullah Lootah, the managing director of Al Islami Foods, said: “On annual basis, Al Islami spends AED 3 million to ensure real Halal and quality meat procedures, investing into quality management and real Halal supplies, no stunning, Halal ingredient, no antibiotics or growth hormones, raw meats are always at its best conditions, without fat, skins, giblets or trimmings, standardised health & safety procedures”.
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