Halal meat is back on the menu at a Bradford school after teachers and parents inspected Bradford Council’s suppliers to see if the meat complied with Islamic law.

Green Lane Primary School, in Manningham, removed Halal meat from its lunchtime menu when parents raised concerns that its authenticity was not being monitored properly.

The local authority and the Council for Mosques agreed to implement revised monitoring arrangements and to improve public access to the results of all monitoring visits.

Ian Bairstow, director of environment and neighbourhoods for Bradford Council, gave an update after a visit to the Sheffield headquarters of the Council’s Halal meat supplier, JW Young Butchers.

He said: “Following a series of monitoring visits to our Halal meat and poultry suppliers over the past fortnight, we are pleased to say that the head teacher and deputy head from Green Lane Primary School, parents and Council for Mosques representatives who attended are happy with both the quality and robustness of our controls and procedures, and with the authenticity of our Halal food.”

Mr Bairstow said the latest inspections, which also included a visit to PAK Poultry, in Huddersfield, confirmed how rigorously the Council honoured its commitment to ensure that all Halal food it provided complied with Sharia requirements.

Saleem Khan, chief executive of the Bradford Council for Mosques, said: “Having made these latest inspection visits over the last two weeks we can confirm that all the appropriate procedures are in place and there is a high- level commitment to the provision of Halal food.”

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