FOI release

Slaughtered meat provision

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Case reference FOI2025/00874

Received 11 October 2025

Published 13 October 2025

Request

Please provide the following information. Here, "meat" refers to the flesh of dead terrestrial animals and fish.

(1) Does the council currently provide non-stun slaughtered meat to schools? yes/no

(2) Does the council currently provide non-stun slaughtered meat to hospitals? yes/no

(3) Does the council currently provide non-stun slaughtered meat in any other canteens for which the council has responsibility? yes/no

(4) What proportion of meat that the council provides in the totality of its public contracts is non-stunned? ....%

(5) What proportion of meat that the council provides to schools is non-stunned? ....%

(6) What proportion of meat that the council provides in the totality of its public contracts is compliant with any halal or kosher certification scheme? ....%

(7) With which halal certification scheme(s) is the meat that you provide across your public contracts compliant? (e.g., Halal Monitoring Committee)

Response

Please contact Derbyshire County Council with your request as schools & hospitals are their service. You can email them at access2info@derbyshire.gov.uk

We recommend contacting the Food Standards Agency which governs slaughter.

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