About GB 2660
Riley Foods Limited is based in Burnley (BB11), England. The Food Standards Agency approves it for slaughtering animals, cutting meat and processing meat products, for cattle, sheep and goats.
Is meat from GB 2660 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 processing plant handles processed products of animal origin, which includes cooked, cured and ready-to-eat meat products. Recipes can include gelatine, alcohol-based flavourings or other additives that the meat's own certificate does not cover.
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?
- Is the finished product certified, not just the raw meat?
- Do the recipes contain gelatine, alcohol or other doubtful ingredients?
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 BB postcode area has 14 approved meat plants in the Food Standards Agency list, 3 of them slaughterhouses and 14 cutting plants. England has 731 in total.
Other meat plants in Burnley
Meat plants elsewhere in the BB postcode area
- GB 2289 · Blackburn
- GB 2636 · Nelson
- GB 2655 · Nelson
- GB 2683 · Accrington
- GB 2705 · Whalley
- GB 2727 · Accrington
- GB 2756 · Blackburn
- GB 2801 · Colne