Making informed choices – Retail Halal meat codes

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For individual choice, here are details of some Halal codes for products
on sale that many people are not aware of. You might be surprised to
learn of retail outlets in your community selling Halal meats.
There needs to be more transparency for food items, especially if it is
your preference to avoid them for personal reasons.

So what exactly is halal? How does it differ from other food?

Halal means ‘permissible’ in Arabic and describes anything that’s
allowed under Islamic law.

Although it is most often used to describe food and drink, halal can
refer to any object or activity. Anything NOT allowed is referred to as
haram.

Halal meat comes from an animal that has been killed using a method of
slaughter called dhabihah.

It must have been slaughtered by a Muslim who invokes the name of Allah
and then immediately cuts the animal’s throat with a very sharp knife so
that it dies instantly.

After the throat has been cut, blood is allowed to drain from the
animal.

Animals can be stunned first as long as that does not cause instant
death before the knife has been used.

In the case of poultry, the British Halal Food Authority allows
water-bath stunning where chickens are put in water which is then
electrified with the aim of paralysing them prior to slaughter.

However, there are objections to this method by campaigners who say the
birds are paralysed but not stunned.

Muslim abattoirs in the UK are exempt, on religious grounds, from laws
that require ALL animals to be stunned before they are killed.

Some animal welfare groups have called for an end to these exceptions.

The debate came to a head again in 2015, following an investigation into
alleged animal cruelty at a halal abattoir in Yorkshire. Four people had
their licences suspended by the Food Standards Agency and one person was
sacked.

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Source of below Halal codes and retail outlets are on display at
facebook.com/371935543182974/posts/578588599184333

ALDI Stores

ME124 – Possible NZ Wagyu Beef
9033 – Beef – ABP(Lurgan) Ltd, Graigavon
4109 – Beef – ABP Shrewsbury, Harlescott
2141 – Beef – ABP – Murton Abattoir, York
9001 – Beef – ABP Holdings Ltd (Trading as ABP (Newry))
1101 – Beef – Anglo Beef Processors UK T/A ABP Perth
2241 – Woolley Bros (Wholesale Meats) Ltd, Holbrook Sheffield
1560 – Scotbeef Ltd, Bridge of Allan
2056 – Linden Foods Burradon Ltd, Cramlington
2536 – Pickstock Telford Ltd, Hortonwood, Telford
2172 – Foyle Gloucester, Cinderford,
6238 – Beef – ABP, The Abattoir, Guildford
4073 – Beef – ABP, The Abattoir, Ellesmere, Hordley

2100 – Lamb – Dawn Carnaby, Bridlington
7195 – Lamb – Dawn Meats (UK) Ltd (T/A Dawn Crosshands – a division of
Dawn Meats (UK))

8005 – Poultry – 2 Sisters Food Group Ltd
5011 – Poultry – 2 Sisters Food Group Ltd, Bungay
5004 – Duck – Gressingham, Diss
7009 – Poultry – 2 Sisters Poultry Limited T/A 2 Sisters, Sandycroft,
Deeside
4732 – Poultry – 2 Sisters Food Group Ltd, Warley
4793 – Poultry – 2 Sisters Food Group Ltd, West Bromich
5001 – Turkey – 2 Sisters Food Group Ltd, Berhard Matthews, Norwich
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After a visit to Halal Tesco’:
Tesco

9502 – Whole Chicken – Moy Park Ltd, Dungannon
2037 – Chicken Pieces – 2 Sisters Food Group Ltd, Scunthorpe
3011 – Chicken – Moy Park Ltd, Sleaford
4014 – Chicken – Cargill Meats Europe, Hereford
7009 – Chicken – 2 Sisters Poultry Limited T/A 2 Sisters Sandycroft,
Deeside
9509 – Moy Park Ltd, Ballymena
5011 – 2 Sisters Food Group Ltd, Bungay
BL015 – Turkey – Bernard Matthews Foods Ltd, Great Witchingham
5001 – Frozen Turkey – Bernard Matthews Foods Ltd, Great Witchingham
5416 – Lamb (UK/NZ) – Hilton Foods UK Limited – MP
8299 – British Lamb – St Merryn Foods, Victoria – Roche (St. Merryn Meat
Ltd PL26 8LX)
7176 – Lamb – 2 Sisters Red Meat Ltd T/A St Merryn Foods – Merthyr
Tydfil
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Sainsbury’s List:

8005 – Grange Chicken – 2 Sisters Food Group Ltd, Willand, Devon
3011 – Chicken – Moy Park, Sleaford (Halal – HFA Accredited)
.
9502 – Chicken – Moy Park Ltd, Dungannon (Halal – HFA Accredited)
5004 – Turkey – Gressingham Foods,
7009 – Chicken – 2 Sisters Poultry Limited T/A 2 Sisters Sandycroft,
Deeside
4732 – Chicken – 2 Sisters Food Group Ltd, Warley
BL015 – Turkey – 2 SistersFood Group, Bernard Matthews, Great
Witchingham
5049 – Turkey – 2 Sisters Food Group, Bernard Matthews Foods Ltd,
Halesworth
7015 – Lamb – Dunbia (Wales) (T/A Dunbia Llanybydder) – (Halal Food
Authority Accredited (HFA))
6057 – Lamb – Randall Parker Foods Ltd, Applshaw, Andover (Halal Food
Authority Accredited (HFA)
7015 – NZ Lamb -Dunbia (Wales) (T/A Dunbia Llanybydder)?(Halal Food
Authority Accredited (HFA)

ASDA
4633 – Poultry – Faccenda Foods Ltd, Brieley Hill
7013 – Poultry – Faccenda Foods Ltd, Abergevenny
3003 – Duck – Faccenda Foods ltd, Lincs, Market Rasen
3007 – Poultry – Faccenda Foods Ltd, Brackley
4667 – Poultry – Faccenda Foods Ltd, Telford
4026 – Poutry – Faccenda Foods Ltd, Scropton
1100 – Poultry – 2 Sisters Poultry Ltd (TA 2 Sisters Coupar Angus)
2037 – Poultry – 2 Sisters Food Group Ltd, Scunthorpe
7009 – Poultry – 2 Sisters Poultry Limited T/A 2 Sisters Sandycroft
5037 – Poultry – 2 Sisters Food Group, Witham
4732 – Poultry – 2 Sisters Food Group Ltd, Warley
8005 – Poultry – 2 Sisters Food Group Ltd, Cullompton
.
2458 – Beef – ABP Doncaster
4071 – Beef – Dunbia, Preston (HFA)
9033 – Beef – ABP(Lurgan) Ltd
9001 – Beef – ABP Holdings Ltd (Trading as ABP (Newry)
4071 – Lamb – Dunbia, Preston (HFA)
IE290 – Beef – ABP Ireland (Nenagh), Tipperary
IE300 – Beef – ABP Ireland (Cahir), Tipperary
IE329 – Lamb – Kepak (Cork), Watergrasshill, Cork

Morrison’s Visit –

5001 – Turkey – 2 Sisters Group – Bernard Matthews – Norwich
5004 – Turkey – Gressingham Foods, Diss
4633 – Turkey – Faccenda, Brierly Hill
5069 – Turkey – Gressingham Foods, Woodbridge
4026 – Turkey – Faccenda Foods, Scropton
4014 – Poultry – Cargills Hereford (Gassed)
5464 – Poultry – Banham Poultry Ltd, Attleborough
4667 – Poultry – Faccenda Foods, Telford
3007 – Poultry – Faccenda Foods, Brackley

4471 – Beef – Woodhead bros, Whitewalls Industrial Est, Colne
5513 – Beef – Woodhead Bros, Pinchbeck, Spalding
9056 – Beef – W D Meats Ltd, Coleraine
4071 – Beef – Dunbia, Bamberbridge, Preston (HFA)
1103 – Beef – Neerock Limited (T/A Woodhead Brothers)

4787 – Veal – Farmers Boy Ltd, Winsford
PL 1041101 WE – Poultry –

The FB page believes this is a list of M&S suppliers. Look at the drop
down menus after selecting food only (select a factory). It may give you
clue as to what they sell:
https://interactivemap.marksandspencer.com/.

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