About GB 8297
Hampshire Game Ltd is based in Andover (SP11), England. The Food Standards Agency approves it for handling wild game, making mince, cold storage and cutting meat, for wild birds, wild rabbits and hares and deer and wild game.
Is meat from GB 8297 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 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.
A mince approval means the plant makes minced meat. Mince is made from trimmings, so one batch can combine meat from several carcasses and suppliers.
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.
What to ask before you rely on it
- How were the animals killed, and is that accepted by a scholar you follow?
- Is the raw meat halal certified at source?
- Is halal mince made separately from non-halal mince?
- Are halal-certified products stored separately and labelled?
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 SP postcode area has 6 approved meat plants in the Food Standards Agency list, 0 of them slaughterhouses and 6 cutting plants. England has 731 in total.