Stunning of cattle by electricity before slaughter will be compulsory under a law to go into effect July, 1938 it was announced today by Justice Minister Karl G. Westman.
In a statement explaining the law, Mr. Westman declared Government experiments did not support the assumption, projected by orthodox Jewish leaders, that stunning by electricity would produce changes in the animals which violate the Jewish ritual method of slaughtering.
Rabbis of Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmo requested the Ministry to suspend the compulsory feature of the law until experiments conducted by the Jewish communities were completed. Mr. Westman agreed to defer execution of the law until 1938.
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