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Is there any country in the EU that forbids ritual cattle slaughter?
<p>Is there any country in the EU that forbids ritual cattle slaughter?</p>
<p>If so, where are the halal and kosher certified meats sourced from?</p>

<p>Quite the contrary. In most European countries, shechita is - at least under certain conditions - legal.</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/UzeDf.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/UzeDf.png" alt="Map of ritual slaughter laws" /></a></p>
<p>Only in the blue-marked countries is it generally forbidden; in the green-marked countries prior anaesthesia is required.</p>
<p>That is, pre-cut stunning is required in Sweden, Belgium and Denmark  (and Iceland, Norway and Switzerland, but these are not in the EU). Simultaneous stunning is required in Finland. Post-cut stunning is required in Austria, Slovakia, Lithuania, Estonia and Greece. Only in Slovenia is ritual slaughter banned.</p>
<p>Map source: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ritual_slaughter_laws_Europe_map.svg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ritual_slaughter_laws_Europe_map.svg</a></p>
