About GB 4885
S & H Catering Ltd is based in Sutton In Ashfield (NG17), England. The Food Standards Agency approves it for re-wrapping and repacking and cutting meat.
Is meat from GB 4885 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 NG postcode area has 8 approved meat plants in the Food Standards Agency list, 4 of them slaughterhouses and 6 cutting plants. England has 731 in total.
Meat plants elsewhere in the NG postcode area
- GB 2974 · Nottingham
- GB 2982 · Grantham
- GB 3011 · Sleaford
- GB 4225 · Nottingham
- GB 4356 · Nottingham
- GB 4380 · Nottingham
- GB 4828 · Mansfield