Methods of slaughter process of food animals

- Classification of slaughter methods

Ritual slaughter

Islamic method (Halal slaughter): derived from verses of the Holy Quran and the saying of profit "hadith". Animal species from Islamic legal position:

1. Indisputably forbidden foods

·  Pork, Carrion, Shed blood, Animal dedicated to any other than God, Strangled animals, Fatally beaten animals, Dead through falling from height, Horn butted animals, Devoured by wild beasts, Scarified to idols, slaughtered animals of all non-kitabis.

2. Animals indisputably permissible:

·  Sheep, Goats, Cows, Buffaloes, Poultry, Fish and locust (crustacean and Mollusca).