The proposals have been made in a Muslim Council of Britain reportcalled Greater Understanding: Meeting the Needs of Muslim Pupils inState Schools.
The report offers guidance on improving school life for Muslimchildren.
In relation to school meals, the report recommends halal meals areincorporated in all meal policies, staff are trained in its preparation,meat is sourced from halal suppliers and halal food is storedseparately. Already some schools are offering a choice of halal mealsbut others have decided to run a halal-only kitchen, offering halalmeals to all pupils including non-Muslims.
Farm Animal Welfare Council assistant secretary Richard Aram says thatwhile the report's recommendations should be "straightforward" for manyschools to adopt, moves to offer only halal food should happen afterconsultation.
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