The event, which will be hosted by the Halal Authority Board (HAB) on 22 February in Nuneaton, will include a range of halal certification organisations, including the Halal Food Authority, the Halal Monitoring Committee, along with muslim scholars.The aim is to agree and declare a statement which states:

• Machine slaughter of poultry is Haram (forbidden) and is not permissible for the Muslim community in the UK.
• Only hand slaughter of poultry by Muslim slaughtermen is acceptable and will be considered as Halal.

A spokesman for the HAB said: “This agreed statement represents a significant step forward in the cooperation and agreement amongst UK halal certification bodies and establishes a consensus to declare that all poultry that is machine slaughtered is not halal for Muslims.”