Belgium region’s kosher slaughter ban goes into effect The ban should serve as 'a wake-up call' to Jewish communities across Europe to the necessity of building ties with national governments, a senior European rabbi said.

December 31, 2018   

(Jerusalem Post) A ban on kosher slaughter by the Flanders region of Belgium will go into effect January 1, after legislation prohibiting animal slaughter without pre-stunning was passed in the region’s parliament in July 2017.

Slaughter according to Islamic law will also be banned under the new law.

The Wallonia region of southern Belgium passed legislation banning kosher slaughter in May 2017 that will go into effect in September 2019.

Jewish law requires that an animal be healthy and uninjured before slaughter, but pre-stunning injures the animal and therefore cannot be used.

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