Islamic law requires that animals intended for human consumption be slain in a certain manner. Halal slaughter is was one of the more humane methods available to the meat industry and the only method acceptable for Muslim .The conditio for Halal slaughter can be summarized as follows

 

▪The animal to be slaughtered must be from the categories that are permitted for Muslims to eat.

 

▪The animal must be alive at the time of slaughter.

 

 ▪The Animal must be well treated before being killed 

 

 

▪The animal must be slaughtered by the use of a sharp knife. 

 

▪The knife must not kill due to its weight. If it kills due to the impact the meat may not be permissible.

The windpipe (throat), food-tract (oesophagus) and the two jugular veins must be cut.

 

▪The slaughtering must be done in one stroke without lifting the knife. 

 

▪The knife should not be placed and lifted when slaughtering the animal.

▪Slaughtering must be done by a sane adult Muslim. 

 

▪The name of Allah must be invoked (mentioned) at the time of slaughtering by saying:

Bismillah Allahu Akbar. (In the Name of Allah; Allah is the Greatest.)

The name of God is said in order to emphasise the sanctity of life and that the animal is being killed for food with God’s consent.

 

▪The head of the animal must not be cut off during slaughtering but later after the animal is completely dead, even the knife should not go deep into the spinal cord.

 

▪Skinning or cutting any part of the animal is not allowed before the animal is completely dead.

 

▪Slaughtering must be made in the neck from the front (chest) to the back.

 

▪The slaughtering must be done manually not by a machine, as one of the conditions is the intention, which is not found in a machine.

 

▪The slaughtering should not be done on a production line where pigs are slaughtered. Any instrument used for slaughtering pigs should not be used in the halal slaughtering.