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The Akal Takht represents the final authority on controversial issues concerning the Sikh Panth, in this regard the issue of meat eating has been settled. Hukamnama issued by Akal Takht Jathedar Sandhu Singh Bhaura dated February 15th 1980 that Amritdhari Sikhs can eat meat as long as it is jhatka meat and that eating meat does not go against the code of conduct, Kurehit, of the Sikhs. Thus a Sikh cannot be excommunicated for eating meat.

Anything consumed should be for the benefit of the tann and not for the taste, whether it be saag or a pheasant. However if a sikh is to eat meat, it should be hunted or killed by the sikh and all it's carcass used.