http://www.inra.fr/Internet/Departements/ESR/publications/cahiers/pdf/bergeaud.pdfNational audienceThe production and consumption of halal products, i.e. those deriving from ritual slaughtering, has grown steadily over the last 15 years. Today the global halal market is estimated at US$ 150 billion per year. This paper describes the main steps in the integration of “Muslim ritual slaughtering” into the national legislative systems of Western European countries, and it analyses the economic and political issues<br />involved in this integration. Once being the subject of dispute between animal welfare organisations and religious groups, sometimes based on anti-semitism and racism, the arguments surrounding slaughtering ritual have recently, ...