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The Islamic method of slaughter

Customary and Desirable Practices When Slaughtering

• Water should be offered to the animal before slaughter, and it should not be slaughtered when hungry.
• The knife should be hidden from the animal, and slaughtering should be done out of sight of other animals waiting to be slaughtered. 
• Animals should be killed in a comfortable way. Unnecessary suffering to them must be avoided. 
• The knife should be re-sharpened before slaughter. 

Storage, Processing and Transport of Halal Meat

• Meat chilled or frozen for export to Muslims should be stored in separate cold stores other than those in which pork or other non-Halal meat is stored. 
• Meat minced or processed for Muslims should not be minced in the same machines used to mince pork or other non-Halal meat.