About GB 4242
Peter Coates (Alrewas) Limited is based in Burton-on-Trent (DE13), England. The Food Standards Agency approves it for slaughtering animals and handling wild game, for cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and deer and wild game.
Is meat from GB 4242 halal?
The code shows which plant slaughtered, cut or packed the meat, not whether it is halal. It is approved to handle pigs as well as other animals, so check the halal certification on the pack carefully. 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 slaughterhouse approval means animals are killed and dressed here. This is the step where halal is decided: how the animal is slaughtered, whether it is stunned first, who performs the slaughter and which certifier monitors it.
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
- Is the slaughter here halal certified, and by which body?
- Are animals stunned before slaughter, and does your certifier accept that?
- Are halal and non-halal animals kept apart?
- 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 DE postcode area has 17 approved meat plants in the Food Standards Agency list, 5 of them slaughterhouses and 15 cutting plants. England has 731 in total.
Meat plants elsewhere in the DE postcode area
- GB 2518 · Burton on Trent
- GB 2654 · Derby
- GB 2710 · Derby
- GB 2763 · Hartshorne
- GB 2810 · Derby
- GB 2885 · Derby
- GB 2972 · Heanor
- GB 4026 · Scropton