Richmond, Canada -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/04/2013 -- Quebec Minister of Agriculture François Gendron said, in comments reported by Montreal radio station CJAD last week. “We want the slaughter to happen in the most complete conditions of hygiene and cleanliness,” The minister said he would announce a plan for new regulations sometime this fall. A spokeswoman for the minister confirmed to CJAD that he still intended to release a plan, though she could not specify when.

Steve Burton, founder of Icicle HACCP Food Safety software, responded, “The proposed regulations ignore the central tenant of both Kosher and Halal practices that dictate that the slaughtering practice be as quick and humane as possible. Methods in use today by the non-Kosher meat industry, such as the use of the captive bolt pistol that is designed to only stun the animal so its heart continues to beat during the bleeding process, are strictly forbidden by both Kosher and Halal. According to our current understand of food safety science, there is no fact-based evidence that Halal or Kosher slaughter practices result in a greater risk of contamination by pathogens, toxins, or harmful objects.”

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