Halal Monitoring Services (HMS), a service of Shariah Board of America

A Muslim slaughterer performs the slaughter and says Bismillah for every individual animal . This allows the requirements of Zabiha to be intentionally fulfilled animal by animal.

slaughter · hmsusa.org/halal-guide/does-halal-meat-have-to-be-hand-slaughtered

Machine-slaughtered chicken does not meet HMS Zabiha requirements. HMS certifies hand-slaughtered meat with Bismillah pronounced for each animal.

machine · hmsusa.org/halal-guide

An automated blade processing thousands of birds is not treated by HMS as equivalent to individual hand Zabiha.

machine 2 · hmsusa.org/halal-guide/why-hms-does-not-accept-machine-slaughter

IT DEPENDS

stunning answer · hmsusa.org/halal-guide/is-stunning-before-slaughter-halal

The essential HMS requirement is that the animal must still be alive when the valid Zabiha slaughter occurs. A procedure that causes the animal's death before Zabiha would make the meat impermissible.

stunning · hmsusa.org/halal-guide/is-stunning-before-slaughter-halal

Rather than asking consumers to determine the technical details of industrial stunning equipment themselves, HMS verifies approved slaughterhouses and their processes.

stunning 2 · hmsusa.org/halal-guide/is-stunning-before-slaughter-halal

HMS slaughterhouse agreements specifically require trained Muslim slaughterers meeting HMS standards.

kitabiyy · hmsusa.org/halal-guide/can-a-non-muslim-slaughter-an-animal

use only Sunni Muslim slaughterers that have been trained to meet HMS’s halal meet certification standards

kitabiyy contract · shariahboard.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/HMS-Slaughter-House-Applic

Random, unannounced inspections are conducted frequently

monitoring · hmsusa.org/faq