About GB 2677
Ali's Raw Meat Ltd is based in Edmonton (N18), England. The Food Standards Agency approves it for cutting meat, making mince, re-wrapping and repacking and cold storage.
Is meat from GB 2677 halal?
The code shows which plant cut, prepared 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 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 mince approval means the plant makes minced meat. Mince is made from trimmings, so one batch can combine meat from several carcasses and suppliers.
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
- 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 raw meat halal certified at source?
- Is halal mince made separately from non-halal mince?
- 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 N postcode area has 36 approved meat plants in the Food Standards Agency list, 0 of them slaughterhouses and 36 cutting plants. England has 731 in total.
Other meat plants in Edmonton
Meat plants elsewhere in the N postcode area
- GB 1003 · London
- GB 2119 · London
- GB 2125 · London
- GB 2633 · London
- GB 2638 · London
- GB 2707 · London
- GB 2733 · London
- GB 2742 · London