Sunday, June 1, 2008

Ritually-slaughtered meat? Not on my damn plate!

EVER since witnessing â€" as a 12-year-old â€" the sickening slaughter of calf by a rabbi who slit the animal’s throat and impassively watched it in its death throes, I have sworn off religiously-slaughtered meat, and have gone to great lengths to avoid all kosher and halal produce. So you can imagine my disgust when â€" a couple of weeks back â€" the BBC Radio 4 consumer affairs programme, You and Yours, reported â€" in an overall tone of approval â€" that an increasing number of supermarkets in the UK w