Shechita UK has said it is “very supportive” of new measures announced by the government which will see all slaughterhouses in England fitted with CCTV cameras.
Set out today by Michael Gove, Secretary for the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the new compulsory cameras will monitor all areas where live animals are present, as well as all parts of the slaughter process.
“There was an original proposal by a number of members of Parliament, that there should be CCTV installed [solely] in abattoirs where religious slaughter takes place” a spokesman for Shechita UK said.
“We objected quite vociferously – the idea that there should be CCTV [only] in places where religious slaughter takes place is simply ridiculous, nonsensical – and the end result of that is a proposal by the government to have CCTV input to all abattoirs”.