Religious Slaughtering and Organic Labels: Œuvre d’assistance aux bêtes d’abattoirs

• Lena Hehemann ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Fribourg

     University of Fribourg

     Friburgo, Suiza

     
• Localización: European papers: a journal on law and integration, ISSN-e 2499-8249, Vol. 4, Nº. 1, 2019, págs. 297-305
• Idioma: inglés
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  • In Œuvre d’assistance aux bêtes d’abattoirs (judgment of 26 February 2019, case C-497/17 [GC]) the Court of Justice held that the EU organic label cannot be placed on meat products if the animal has been slaughtered in accordance with religious rites, when the animal was not stunned before killing. According to the Court, this is not compatible with the high animal welfare standards of EU legislation.