About UK 9107
McKee’s is based in Maghera (BT46), Northern Ireland. The Food Standards Agency approves it for cutting meat, making mince, making meat preparations such as sausages and marinated meat, processing meat products and cold storage, for poultry, cattle, sheep and pigs.
Is meat from UK 9107 halal?
The code shows which plant cut, prepared or packed the meat, not whether it is halal. It is approved to handle pigs as well as other animals, so check the halal certification on the pack carefully. 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 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 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?
- Is the raw meat halal certified at source?
- Is halal mince made separately from non-halal mince?
- 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 BT postcode area has 51 approved meat plants in the Food Standards Agency list, 19 of them slaughterhouses and 46 cutting plants. Northern Ireland has 51 in total.
Meat plants elsewhere in the BT postcode area
- UK 9001 · NEWRY
- UK 9011 · BALLYMENA
- UK 9012 · DUNGANNON
- UK 9013 · BALLYMONEY
- UK 9016 · LONDONDERRY
- UK 9023 · DUNGANNON
- UK 9024 · ARMAGH
- UK 9026 · CARRICKFERGUS