About GB 2820
Artisanbyrobert is based in Hook (RG29), England. The Food Standards Agency approves it for making meat preparations such as sausages and marinated meat, cold storage, handling wild game, processing meat products and cutting meat.
Is meat from GB 2820 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 meat preparation approval covers fresh meat with something added, such as sausages, burgers, kebabs and marinated meat. The added ingredients (marinades, casings, seasonings and flavourings) can bring in pork, alcohol or animal-derived additives, even when the meat itself is halal.
A cold store keeps chilled or frozen products. It does not cut, prepare or slaughter, so its approval says nothing about how the meat was produced.
A game handling approval covers wild game such as deer, wild birds and rabbits. Hunted animals are not slaughtered in the way farm animals are, so scholars apply different rules to them. Ask a scholar you trust before relying on a pack.
What to ask before you rely on it
- Are all added ingredients halal, including casings and flavourings?
- Is the meat halal certified, and does the certificate cover this product?
- Are halal-certified products stored separately and labelled?
- How were the animals killed, and is that accepted by a scholar you follow?
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 RG postcode area has 8 approved meat plants in the Food Standards Agency list, 0 of them slaughterhouses and 8 cutting plants. England has 731 in total.
Meat plants elsewhere in the RG postcode area
- GB 2033 · Bracknell
- GB 2887 · Hermitage
- GB 2938 · Newbury
- GB 2981 · Reading
- GB 6156 · Reading
- GB 6343 · Reading
- GB 6344 · Newbury