Issue of Halal Certificate to Meat Plants

For inspecting and certifying the Halal meat originating from NZ slaughter houses and meat plants, FIANZ depends on its network of Halal Slaughtermen (Muslims) stationed at the various Halal Certified Meat Plants across New Zealand and the three Halal Meat Supervisors (two stationed in North Island and one in South Island). While the slaughtermen are essentially employees of the respective slaughterhouses, their selection is done by FIANZ in association with the Meat Industry Association of New Zealand (MIA). The Halal Supervisors are full time employees of FIANZ. Issue of Halal Certification follows the following procedure:

Extract from the FIANZ Halal Manual dated 08 April 2004.