The EU Court of Justice ruled on Tuesday 26 February that the European organic production label cannot be applied to meat from ritual slaughter without prior stunning, on the grounds that this method does not meet the “highest standards of animal welfare”.
In this case (C-497/17), the Court ruled on the dispute brought before the French courts by the Œuvre d'assistance aux bêtes d'abattoir (OABA). [Support for the welfare of animals in abattoirs] association. The final judgment will...