About GB 4068
Westlands Poultry is based in Leicester (LE2), England. The Food Standards Agency approves it for cutting meat, cold storage and re-wrapping and repacking.
Is meat from GB 4068 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 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 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?
- Are halal-certified products stored separately and labelled?
- 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 LE postcode area has 15 approved meat plants in the Food Standards Agency list, 5 of them slaughterhouses and 12 cutting plants. England has 731 in total.
Other meat plants in Leicester
- GB 2382 · Walkers Midshire Foods (Ham)
- GB 2698 · Al Barakah Meats Ltd
- GB 2863 · Glenn Lewin Butchers Limited
- GB 2886 · Halal Editions
- GB 4674 · Superchick Poultry Ltd
- GB 4782 · Parker Fine Foods
- GB 4827 · Walkers Midshire Foods (Sausage)
Meat plants elsewhere in the LE postcode area
- GB 2077 · Melton Mowbray
- GB 2248 · Melton Mowbray
- GB 2586 · Loughborough
- GB 2816 · North Wilworth
- GB 4126 · Market Harborough
- GB 4327 · Lutterworth
- GB 4333 · Loughborough