About GB 5224
Weddel Swift Distribution Ltd is based in Norwich (NR6), England. The Food Standards Agency approves it for cold storage, cutting meat and re-wrapping and repacking.
Is meat from GB 5224 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 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 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 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
- Are halal-certified products stored separately and labelled?
- 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?
- 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 NR postcode area has 15 approved meat plants in the Food Standards Agency list, 5 of them slaughterhouses and 15 cutting plants. England has 731 in total.
Other meat plants in Norwich
- GB 1057 · Roofe Catering Butchers Ltd
- GB 1067 · Swannington Farm to Fork
- GB 2014 · Hazel's Butcher sLtd
- GB 2787 · Bernard Matthew Foods Limited
- GB 5207 · H G Blake (Costessey) Ltd
Meat plants elsewhere in the NR postcode area
- GB 2256 · Briston
- GB 2401 · Fakenham
- GB 2494 · Great Yarmouth
- GB 2805 · Lowestoft
- GB 5011 · Bungay
- GB 5218 · Wells Next The Sea
- GB 5226 · North Walsham
- GB 5450 · Attleborough