There is growing pressure on supermarkets and restaurants to inform consumers how animals in their meat products are killed after it emerged some were selling halal meat without clear labelling.
Religious leaders have written to the Telegraph suggesting all menus and packets should specify how animals have been slaughtered, including for products that are not kosher or halal.
It has emerged a majority of New Zealand lamb sold in UK supermarkets comes from halal abattoirs in order to ensure it can be sold to both Muslim and non-Muslim nations.
Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Waitrose and Marks & Spencer have all confirmed selling the imported meat.
This chart shows which supermarkets, fast food chains and restaurants stock sell halal meat, and how it is packaged.
| Supermarket or restaurant | Is halal meat sold? | Are products labelled as halal? |
| Asda | Yes. A range of halal and kosher products | Only branded halal and kosher meals |
| Ask | Yes | Not on menus, but on website |
| Beefeater | Yes. 80% of chicken is halal | No |
| Byron | No | N/A |
| Café Rouge | No | N/A |
| Costa | Yes. 80% of chicken is halal | No |
| Fortum and Mason | No | N/A |
| Giraffe | No | N/A |
| Gourmet Burger Kitchen | Yes | Not on menus, but on website |
| Greggs | Yes | No |
| Harvester | Yes | Not on menus, but on website |
| KFC | Yes | No |
| Marks and Spencer | Yes. All New Zealand lamb is halal. Chicken, beef and British lamb is non-halal | No halal labelling on New Zealand lamb |
| McDonald’s | No | N/A |
| Morrisons | Yes. Some branded halal chicken, lamb and beef. New Zealand lamb is halal | No halal labelling on New Zealand lamb. Halal ranges show slaughter method |
| Nando’s | Yes, at most restaurants | Information in some stores and online |
| Pizza Express | Yes | Not on menus, but on website |
| Pret a Manger | No | N/A |
| Sainsbury’s | Yes. A range of halal and kosher products | Halal and kosher ranges are labelled |
| Slug and Lettuce | Yes | No |
| Subway | Yes | Yes |
| Tesco | Yes. Most New Zealand lamb is halal and some other meats use halal techniques. Some halal-only counters | At halal counters and kosher ranges |
| Waitrose | Yes. Some lamb is halal. All other meat is non-halal | No halal labelling on New Zealand lamb |
| Wetherspoons | No | N/A |
| Zizzi | Yes | No |