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In the United Kingdom, there is no state Halal authority: certification is done by independent bodies such as the Halal Monitoring Committee (HMC) and the Halal Trust, which inspect slaughterhouses, suppliers, butchers and restaurants against their own standards. The law allows slaughter by religious rites without prior stunning for sheep, goats, cattle and birds, but only in a slaughterhouse and under strict conditions.
London is also a Western centre of Islamic finance: in 2014 the UK became the first country outside the Islamic world to issue a sovereign sukuk. The Muslim consumer market meets at events such as the London Muslim Shopping Festival, held before Ramadan at ExCeL London. This guide lists the institutions behind each part, with their pages on Wasabih.
Photo: London · Ilya Grigorik · CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped)
Independent bodies that inspect and certify Halal meat, products and food outlets in the UK.
The umbrella body of British Muslim organisations.
There is no government Halal certifier in the UK. Certification is done by independent bodies, such as the Halal Monitoring Committee (HMC) and the Halal Trust, each with its own standard, so buyers should check which certifier a product carries.
In England, slaughter by religious rites without prior stunning is allowed only for sheep, goats, cattle and birds, and only in a slaughterhouse that meets the conditions of Schedule 3 of the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015.
Yes. On 25 June 2014 the UK sold £200 million of sovereign sukuk maturing in July 2019, the first sovereign sukuk issued by a country outside the Islamic world.
HMC is an independent, not-for-profit registered charity that monitors, inspects and certifies Halal products in the UK, including meat suppliers, butchers, caterers, takeaways and schools.
A pre-Ramadan lifestyle festival at ExCeL London with hundreds of brands of Halal food, modest fashion and wellness products, organised by Algebra Consulting. The 2027 edition is on 30–31 January.
Companies, certifiers and associations from the United Kingdom with a page on Wasabih.
Part of the Halal economy in the United Kingdom?
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