About GB 2399
Chai Meats Limited is based in Bradford (BD3), England. The Food Standards Agency approves it for slaughtering animals, cutting meat and re-wrapping and repacking, for poultry.
Is meat from GB 2399 halal?
The code shows which plant slaughtered, cut or packed the meat, not whether it is halal. Look for a halal logo from a named certifier, such as HMC or HFA, or ask the brand which certifier approves the product. More in halal meat codes.
What this approval means for halal
A slaughterhouse approval means animals are killed and dressed here. This is the step where halal is decided: how the animal is slaughtered, whether it is stunned first, who performs the slaughter and which certifier monitors it.
A cutting plant cuts carcasses into joints and portions. It does not slaughter animals, so the meat arrives from a slaughterhouse and the halal question moves upstream: where the meat came from, and whether halal meat is kept apart from non-halal meat while it is cut.
A re-wrapping approval means the plant unwraps and packs meat again without preparing it. A pack can carry this plant's code while the meat was slaughtered and cut elsewhere, so the supplier before the repack matters.
What to ask before you rely on it
- Is the slaughter here halal certified, and by which body?
- Are animals stunned before slaughter, and does your certifier accept that?
- Are halal and non-halal animals kept apart?
- Which slaughterhouses supply this plant, and are they halal certified?
- Is halal meat cut on separate lines or at separate times from non-halal meat?
- Who supplied the meat before it was repacked?
- Does the halal certificate cover the repacking step?
Ask the brand on the pack, or the halal certifier named on it. Plants rarely publish this, so a written answer from the brand is the best evidence.
Meat plants in the area
The BD postcode area has 17 approved meat plants in the Food Standards Agency list, 2 of them slaughterhouses and 17 cutting plants. England has 731 in total.
Other meat plants in Bradford
- GB 2019 · HCF Poultry Ltd
- GB 2031 · JB Foods (Yorkshire) Limited
- GB 2201 · RK Livestock
- GB 2469 · Ralph Pearson
- GB 2473 · Pakeezah Meat Suppliers Ltd
- GB 2483 · R P J Meat Wholesale Ltd
- GB 2517 · Majestic Meat Ltd
- GB 2551 · Takbeer Poultry and Products Ltd