About GB 2951
Ijaz Halal Poultry Ltd is based in Bradford (BD4), England. The Food Standards Agency approves it for cutting meat and cold storage.
Is meat from GB 2951 halal?
The code shows which plant cut, prepared or packed the meat, not whether it is halal. The business has "halal" in its name. That suggests it supplies the halal market, but a name is not a certificate: look for a certifier's logo. 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 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.
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?
- Are halal-certified products stored separately and labelled?
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 2399 · Chai Meats Limited
- GB 2469 · Ralph Pearson
- GB 2473 · Pakeezah Meat Suppliers Ltd
- GB 2483 · R P J Meat Wholesale Ltd
- GB 2517 · Majestic Meat Ltd