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The DIALREL project aims to address issues relating to religious slaughter by encouraging dialogue between stakeholders and interested parties as well as gathering and dissemination of information. 

Religious slaughter has always been a controversial and emotive subject, caught between animal welfare considerations, cultural and human rights issues. There is considerable variation in current practices and the rules regarding religious requirements are still confusing. Similarly, consumer demands and concerns also need to be addressed. Therefore, there is a need for information relating to slaughter techniques as well as product range, consumer expectations, market share and socio-economic issues. This pluridisciplinary project, based on a close cooperation between veterinarians, food scientists, sociologists, jurists aims to gather this information by encouraging a constructive dialogue between interested parties.

Dialrel is a EC funded Project. The views expressed in this website are those of the Dialrel consortium and do not necessarily represent a position of the European Commission.