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CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURE OF HALAL CERTIFICATION

Meat Certification

The Islamic Foundation of Ireland issues Halal certificate for meat exports from Ireland. The following conditions are necessary for the issuance of Halal certificates: 

• The Company and the I.F.I. enter into an agreement whereby the I.F.I. agrees to issue certificates in respect of beef/lamb slaughtered by the company according to Islamic rite subject to the standard conditions and procedure set out by the Islamic Foundation of Ireland. 
• The Company shall not during the currency of the agreement in respect of Lamb slaughtered in the Republic of Ireland enter into an agreement with any other agency wherever situated purporting to issue Halal Certificates. 
• The company shall employ only slaughter men who are currently registered with the I.F.I. If the I.F.I. suspends a Slaughter man for breach of the regulations governing his conduct the I.F.I shall either give one month notice in writing of the suspension to the Company where after the I.F.I shall not issue Certificates in respect of meat slaughtered by this slaughter man or alternatively shall immediately suspend the slaughter man and provide or accept a suitable replacement. 
• The wages of the slaughter man shall be negotiated between the Company and the slaughter man. 
• The slaughter man must keep a daily record of the carcass numbers of the animals which they have slaughtered and this record must be available for inspection at all times during business hours by the I.F.I supervisor (as appropriate.) 
• If the Company also slaughters beef/Lamb otherwise than in accordance with the Islamic Rite then the I.F.I. shall require that a registered supervisor approved by the I.F.I. be present to inspect the carcass after slaughter. 
• The Company must also ensure that the approved supervisor is in attendance at the de-boning and packing process after which he shall stamp the boxes with the stamp of the I.F.I. The supervisor shall also be present at the loading of the meat for shipment. The costs of supervision shall be incorporated in the certification fee. 
• Where the Company slaughters only according to Islamic Rite and stores no other meat otherwise slaughtered, then the I.F.I. may permit the registered slaughter man to certify the meat. No other meat should be imported from another plant outside the all-Halal slaughtering company without the prior knowledge and approval of the I.F.I. The I.F.I. shall conduct spot checks wherever deemed necessary.

The Halal Certificate shall only be issued if the foregoing regulations have been complied with in full and the certificates from the supervisor in respect of loading furnished to the I.F.I. office together with the appropriate fee.