A failed attempt by MPs to introduce stricter labelling of kosher and halal meat has boosted shechita campaigners.
A group of Conservative MPs had hoped to secure an amendment to the Consumer Rights Bill which would have called for all products containing halal and kosher meat to be labelled as such.
But the plan was rejected in the Commons on Tuesday, with the government opposing the amendment.
Experts suggested that the proposals had been “hasty” and “not well thought-out”. It was hoped that the vote was an indication that the pro-shechita campaign was “getting its message across”.
