About GB 4599
Dovecote Poultry Products is based in Wolverhampton (WV8), England. The Food Standards Agency approves it for cutting meat and making meat preparations such as sausages and marinated meat.
Is meat from GB 4599 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 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.
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 all added ingredients halal, including casings and flavourings?
- Is the meat halal certified, and does the certificate cover this product?
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 WV postcode area has 13 approved meat plants in the Food Standards Agency list, 0 of them slaughterhouses and 13 cutting plants. England has 731 in total.
Other meat plants in Wolverhampton
- GB 1095 · Blakemore Meats
- GB 2229 · Link Foods Ltd
- GB 2836 · Real Meat Store
- GB 2976 · Fast Track Food Ltd
- GB 4394 · Weddel Swift Distribution Limited
- GB 4715 · Ettingshall Poultry
- GB 4806 · Ashik Chicken Kebabs Limited