Religious slaughter and animal welfare: data from an online consultation


Submitted: 4 January 2013
Accepted: 4 January 2013
Published: 31 October 2012
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  • C. Baldinelli Master Sanità pubblica veterinaria e igiene degli alimenti, Università degli Studi di Perugia, via San Costanzo, 4 – 06126 Perugia, Italy.
  • P. Sechi Master Sanità pubblica veterinaria e igiene degli alimenti, Università degli Studi di Perugia, via San Costanzo, 4 – 06126 Perugia, Italy.
  • V. Cambiotti Master Sanità pubblica veterinaria e igiene degli alimenti, Università degli Studi di Perugia, via San Costanzo, 4 – 06126 Perugia, Italy.
  • S. Parmegiani Master Sanità pubblica veterinaria e igiene degli alimenti, Università degli Studi di Perugia, via San Costanzo, 4 – 06126 Perugia, Italy.
  • B.T. Cenci Goga Master Sanità pubblica veterinaria e igiene degli alimenti, Università degli Studi di Perugia, via San Costanzo, 4 – 06126 Perugia, Italy.
Two are the main results of the online survey, which was conducted with the purpose to examine the purchase behavior of a group of consumers and their views on animal welfare and religious slaughter. First result is the respondents’ great interest about the question on animal welfare, which is in accordance with the growing interest of European citizens about this issue. Second is the demand for a more transparent labeling of animal products, which would be also concerning animal welfare and slaughter method used. These results are in conflict with marketing analysis, which find that consumers want to receive only positive information. Paradoxically, the more information is transmitted to reassure consumers the higher risk to alarm them.

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Baldinelli C, Sechi P, Cambiotti V, Parmegiani S, Cenci Goga B. Religious slaughter and animal welfare: data from an online consultation. Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2012 Oct. 31 [cited 2024 Mar. 29];1(5):27-32. Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/ijfs.2012.5.27

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