The European Union is preparing plans to allow pig remains to be used to feed poultry. The practice – banned in Europe after the BSE crisis 10 years ago – would save farmers millions of pounds as prices of cereal feed for chickens soar, say officials in Brussels.

But the proposal has outraged animal rights campaigners, Muslim organisations and other groups. They claim the move would put families at risk, offend religious sensibilities and lead to a major consumer backlash.

‘There are two million Muslims in Britain and 25 million in Europe and this move would be a disaster for every one of them,’ said Dr Abdel Majid-Katme of the Islamic Medical Association. ‘This is a sinful idea.’

The RSPCA said it had major concerns about the health risks involved, while agriculture experts warned that many consumers would be offended by the idea of a return to the use of animal remains in farm feeds. ‘I think there will be such a backlash from consumers that the idea would have to be dropped,’ said Tom Acamovic, a nutrition expert based at the Scottish Agricultural College, in Ayr…

Golly gee. What do you think of the idea?




  1. edwinrogers says:

    It is absolutely normal practice in the EU and US to feed livestock, reprocessed animal and vegetable protein ground meal and pellets. Your hostile climates can’t support grazed stocking levels, high enough to feed your populations. Those pellets that they feed cattle, sheep, chickens, even salmon? Your guess is as good as mine as to where and what, that protein first derived from.

  2. Brian says:

    I don’t know what’s more scary: Carnivorous chickens or the amount of Muslims in Europe…

  3. hhopper says:

    Pork, the other white meat chicken feed.

  4. LtL says:

    I don’t know what’s more scary: Carnivorous chickens or the amount of Muslims in Europe or bigots who are afraid of the amount of Muslims in Europe.

    Oh, wait, yes I do.

    Besides, do you know how many of those crazy Christians there are in Europe?

  5. Magnus Patris says:

    #4 “Besides, do you know how many of those crazy Christians there are in Europe?” All of them.

  6. pat says:

    I don’t care if it offends some nut jobs, only concerned that it doesn’t cause health problems.

  7. chuck says:

    I, for one, welcome our new Chicken overlords.

  8. Mark Derail says:

    Well, I just eat the free reign chicken eggs.
    Those chickens will eat any bugs they find, grass, hay, you name it, when they’re hungry.
    Natural omnivores.

    For the sake of economy, especially the poor families in industrialized nations, every dollar counts. So mixing animal & vegetable protein does make sense from an accounting point of view.
    The chickens won’t be harmed by it.

    What’s worse is feeding animal protein & steroids to cows that are pure herbivores – then you get crossover diseases.
    I hardly doubt this will happen with chickens, in an industrial setting.

  9. Sea Lawyer says:

    Well this confirms to me that European Muslims are obviously stupid.

  10. GigG says:

    #7, Oh so close….

    I, for one, welcome our new carnivorous Chicken overlords.

    Oh yeah, this and /.

  11. The Pirate says:

    I do know whats scary. Muslim Dr Abdel Majid-Katme of the Islamic Medical Association stating that the practice would be sinful. Like a religion has anything to do what-so-ever with medical science.

    Once again a confused Muslim stuck in the 7th century. What if a chicken eats a worm out of pig crap? What if a pig dies, rots, grass grows on it and a chicken eats it? Am I blowing your simple mind yet Dr. Abdel? Thinking like this disguised as medical advice will only promote how small the Muslim penis is once again.

    At least when Christians kick some Muslim ass they tell them they are coming and allow them to surrender. Suicide bombers sanctified by the religious leaders give no such warning and have no problem killing there own kind along with the infidel. 7th century smarts don’t really fly in the modern day world.

    Yeah you read that right.

  12. Dejavuyou says:

    That’s one way to get rid of them… The pig remains and the muslim ones.

  13. Eric says:

    The article seems to infer that prior to the BSE scare 10 years ago, there was no law on the books outlawing this practice, and considering that they crafted such a law, chances are it was practiced then, since laws are commonly reactionary and not proactive. So this practice was OK then, but it’s not OK now, BSE and other health issues aside, due to religious reasons?

    So does that mean that chicken could have been called Kosher even though the chickens themselves were chomping down on non-Kosher food? Thinking about it, it kind of makes sense, since fish is most certainly kosher, and many a’ fish eat un-Kosher foods such as shellfish.

    Of course, this article doesn’t address the Jewish practice of being Kosher, it addresses the Muslim’s fear of being whatever the Muslim equivalent of un-Kosher is.

    Then again, if there is such a large Muslim population that is so concerned about this, wouldn’t this be a great business opportunity for someone looking to capitalize on the idea of selling dead Chickens that haven’t eaten any Pork? Then you get the best of both worlds, Chicken farmers have a choice to lower their costs by buying the cheaper feed, and Muslims have a choice to pay more for their special diets. Everyone gets what they want.

    It’s not like the EU is forcing all farmers to force feed pork to their chickens, right?

  14. ECA says:

    Grains sell more then MEAT??

    So Supplement Feed to animals, with MEAT, so they can sell GRAIN..

    They already Feed COW to dairy cattle.. And you WONDER how MAD COW is spread.

  15. green says:

    The chicken should have the choice!

  16. The Chicken says:

    #15
    We choose to eat what we will, Allah really doesn’t matter to us. But if we eat some of the pig pellets Muslims won’t eat us so… I guess we be eating good and Muslims be not eating us. I really don’t have a problem with this. Now those bastard, bar-b-que’in , redneck Christians will be eating good and I do have a problem with that. Can’t I be soup with noodles after I live a long healthy life? Screw the sky is falling, again.

  17. Improbus says:

    Ok, thanks, I now have no appetite for chicken.

  18. The Pirate says:

    #18
    Never said there wasn’t crazy christians, my but you have a small mind. At least the Irish are not stupid enough to want to suicide with their bombs. Seventy virgins will be disappointed.

    As far as penis size goes, any culture that treats women and each other as the Muslims do has serious issues, penis size is one of them. Hiding behind the doors of lies and rhetoric only prove this theory. That you are blind does not mean that the light of truth continues to shine. And since we are tossing personal insults what makes you think I am worried about my own masculinity? Want a trip to Upinya? I hear its a large country.

    Learn to read, comprehend and get back to me.

  19. bobbo says:

    What are the pig remains being talked of? I thought “everything but the squeal” was used in pork rendering plants.

    Once again, as corn is used to fuel our automobile, food will continue to decrease in amount and quality.

    Will I still be able to get spam,spam,spam,spam,eggs, and spam for breakfast?

  20. LtL says:

    #19
    Again with the focus on the penis. I wonder why?

    And rape threats . . . I don’t know man, your rhetoric is so thoroughly intellectual that I fear comprehension will remain elusive.

  21. John Paradox says:

    Should we call them “McNugget Chickens”?

    Bobbo.. we’re out of eggs…

    J/P=?

  22. Mr. Gawd Almighty says:

    #19, Pirate,

    Keep pulling that little weenie of yours toward your butt cheeks. When it reaches, then go fuck yourself.

    You made a stupid claim and was corrected on it. You now repeat the same stupidity. The thread is about feeding / eating chickens. If you want to get stupid, be prepared to be be shown for the bigoted asshole you are.

    Learn to think before writing anything.

  23. Miguel Correia says:

    If it has any health issues, I am against it… However, concerning the offended muslims… If they are offended, raise their own chicken and eat them.

    As a laic European, I am offended about having a religion being stuck through our throats constantly trying to impose itself telling us what and what not to do.

    Who are the bigots around here?

  24. floyd says:

    Hmmm…Maybe if the Europeans feed all their animals pork products, maybe the offended Muslim fanatics (as opposed to the sane Muslims, which do exist) will leave.

  25. Angel H. Wong says:

    If you people think that chickens are as vegan as Paul MacCartney think again, when we have chickens in the backyard any small animal that is not a fireant gets eaten.

  26. Glenn E. says:

    Soylrnt Green for animals? What an idea! Isn’t their heavy metals content already high enough? Eliminating most of the carbs from their diet, can’t help but concentrate the metalic salts from one species to the next species. There’s a good reason chickens don’t dine on dead cows or pigs (just the occasional worm or bug). Just like it would be a bad idea to replace our veggies with meat based substitutes. Like Soylent Green. Let’s not slide down this slippery slope in the name of higher profits.

  27. I’m confused. Are they saying we should feed animal remains to Canadians? Oh wait, not that kind of chicken.

  28. gregallen says:

    SOYLENT CHICKEN IS PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  29. The Pirate says:

    #21
    Good job spelling intellectual.

    #23
    I’ll ignore your failed insult. Think about it.

    Corrected on what? Suicide bombers are idiots? Seventy virgins disappointed? A confused Muslim Doctor who thinks this pork-as-feed plan is sinful? The Muslim tradition of treating women like pig shit? Come on Gawd you can do better than that. Since I’m not politically correct, your response is to resort to ass fuck jokes? Bigotry it seems is alive and well, look in the mirror.

    Get back to me when women in Saudi can drive.

  30. gregallen says:

    >> Sea Lawyer said, on May 5th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
    >> Well this confirms to me that European Muslims are obviously stupid.

    How so? Muslims don’t eat pork. So what? Every culture has its taboos. I don’t eat cats and dogs.


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