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Somerville College, Oxford insists it will not ban kosher meat despite student vote

February 13, 2019 from TheJCUK
"Undergraduate body voted to ban kosher and Halal food because the animals are not stunned before they are killed."
"An Oxford college has said it will not ban kosher food, despite students voting to ban meat from animals that are not stunned."
"Somerville College's Junior Common Room, which represents undergraduates, voted to only provide kosher and Halal food 'upon the condition that any meat purchased is pre-stunned'."
"However this cannot be applied to kosher meat, as Jewish law forbids all forms of mechanical stunning."
"Somerville College said it would not ban kosher meat and ensured Jewish students that they would be able to have kosher meat."
"The JCR’s vote was not binding and serves as an advisory indicator of what students want, officials said."