- Parties: The applicants were the Jewish Community Council of Montreal, 1458935 Ontario Ltd. d/b/a Shefa Meats, 4412532 Canada Inc. d/b/a Kosher Mehadrin, Rabbi Abraham Banon, and Kashruth Council of Canada. The respondent was the Attorney General of Canada.

- Subject Matter: This judicial review application sought to declare inoperative and invalid a requirement imposed by the Guidelines for ritual slaughter of food animals without pre-slaughter stunning, adopted by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, and/or by ss. 143 and 144 of the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations, SOR/2018-108 (SFCR). The guidelines required licence holders performing kosher slaughter on a food animal to confirm the animal’s state of unconsciousness before suspending it by testing up to three indicator signs to assess whether the animal was unconscious. The applicant alleged that the guidelines were inoperative and invalid because they unjustifiably infringed the applicants’ freedom of religion under s. 2(a) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and right to equality on the basis of religion under s. 15(1) of the Charter and incorrectly and unreasonably interpreted and applied ss. 143 and 144 of the SFCR. This case is ongoing.

- Date: The hearing was set on July 10, 2024.

- Venue: This was a federal case before the Federal Court.

- Amount: No financial award was specified.