About GB 4764
Smithfield Murray Ltd is based in Manchester (M17), England. The Food Standards Agency approves it for re-wrapping and repacking and cutting meat.
Is meat from GB 4764 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 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.
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.
What to ask before you rely on it
- Who supplied the meat before it was repacked?
- Does the halal certificate cover the repacking step?
- 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?
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 M postcode area has 15 approved meat plants in the Food Standards Agency list, 1 of them slaughterhouses and 15 cutting plants. England has 731 in total.
Other meat plants in Manchester
- GB 1096 · M J Birtwistle & Co Ltd
- GB 2318 · Al-Haq Poultry Wholesale Limited
- GB 2351 · Kurpas Meats Plc
- GB 2578 · Danish Crown Manchester
- GB 2709 · A & R Meats (NW) Limited
- GB 2831 · IRC Cucina Limited
- GB 2929 · KMCR Ltd
- GB 2934 · S & M Halal Meat and Poultry Limited