The controversial move by European Council to label Halal and kosher meat without the use of stunning, which would effectively relegate them as second class meats, has been excluded from the final draft for now.The version of the regulation which the Council has sent back to the European Parliament for consideration does not include Amendment 205, the clause which would have required that all meat and meat products slaughtered by halal and shechita methods, be pejoratively labeled.
