date:Jan 10, 2019
iliated communities, notes the WJC.
The Belgian regulatory change dates backs to 2017 when the parliaments of the Flanders and Wallonia regions in Belgium adopted legislation that as of 2019 would outlaw any slaughter that was not preceded by stunning. They cite animal rights as the justification for the new laws respectively.
There was political consensus in both Flanders and Wallonia for banning such methods of slaughter, according to the WJC. In Wallonia, the measure passed with 69 votes in