8 February 2011 - 20:30

Freedom of Information request revealed 17 colleges at Oxford University routinely served up meat from animals butchered using the halal method.

UK (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Freedom of Information request revealed 17 colleges at Oxford University routinely served up meat from animals butchered using the halal method.

Catering firm Field Fresh Farms, which supplies food to the colleges including posh St Catherine’s and Brasenose, confirmed the meat was halal prepared.

General manager Simon Warren told student paper Cherwell the meat came from Mutch Meat Abattoir in Witney, Oxon., up until June last year.

The Farm Animals Welfare Council, which advises the Government committee, has called for a ban on halal meat in Britain.

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