About GB 2711
Premium Quality Meats Ltd is based in Bristol (BS15), England. The Food Standards Agency approves it for cutting meat, making mince, re-wrapping and repacking and cold storage.
Is meat from GB 2711 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 BS postcode area has 9 approved meat plants in the Food Standards Agency list, 3 of them slaughterhouses and 9 cutting plants. England has 731 in total.
Other meat plants in Bristol
- GB 2546 · Elite Poultry Limited
- GB 2606 · Ruby & White Butchers
- GB 2622 · Buxton Butchers Ltd
- GB 2968 · Charles Saunders Limited
- GB 8037 · University of Bristol
- GB 8061 · Pilgrims Pride Ltd - Westerleigh
- GB 8119 · Alec Jarrett Limited
- GB 8355 · John Sheppard Butchers Limited