Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America (IFANCA)

In poultry plants IFANCA allows mechanical slaughter if the machine is turned on by a Muslim reciting the Tasmiyyah and Takbir and a Muslim is standing on the line to recite a blessing, supervising the slaughter, and hand slaughtering animals that are missed by the mechanical knife while reciting the Tasmiyyah and Takbir.

machine · ifanca.org/unique-five-star-halal-identification-system

Maple Lodge Farms production continues to be supervised machine slaughter; however, we have made further improvements in the process to ensure adequate coverage for proper machine slaughtered Zabiha Halal product.

machine example · ifanca.org/ifanca-certifies-maple-lodge-farms

While IFANCA is committed to making sure that the major vessels of the neck are cut during slaughter, it is allowable in stunned red meat plants to have a multistep cut which involves opening the skin and then cutting the major vessels.

stunning · ifanca.org/unique-five-star-halal-identification-system

Recently, there has been an attempt to proclaim the meat haram if cattle is not slaughtered according to the traditional horizontal cut, or if there is stunning of large animals and machine slaughter of chickens. These methods enable industry to meet safety requirements and the high volume of demand for halal products.

stunning stance · ifanca.org/resources/ifanca-news

IFANCA does not certify or accept meat slaughtered by non-Muslims.

kitabiyy · ifanca.org/unique-five-star-halal-identification-system

If a company does not choose to use the IFANCA Five Star Halal Identification System for labeling their products, consumers can still trust the Crescent-M logo to be sure that the meat they purchase meets the basic criteria for zabiha.

base mark · ifanca.org/unique-five-star-halal-identification-system

Star 1 – The shading of the first star underscores IFANCA’s commitment to having only Muslim slaughter persons performing the halal slaughter in plants that we supervise.

tier star1 · ifanca.org/unique-five-star-halal-identification-system

Star 2 – The shading of the second star represents a fully traditional hand slaughter with a continuous cut to sever all four vessels by a Muslim.

tier star2 · ifanca.org/unique-five-star-halal-identification-system

Star 3 – The shading of the third star indicates that the slaughter plant has a program in place to ensure that animals were fed an all natural vegetarian diet.

tier star3 · ifanca.org/unique-five-star-halal-identification-system

Star 4 – The shading of the fourth star indicates the plant has at least two, third party animal welfare audits per year.

tier star4 · ifanca.org/unique-five-star-halal-identification-system

Star 5 – The shading of the fifth star indicates the animals were not stunned prior to slaughter or after the cut is made.

tier star5 · ifanca.org/unique-five-star-halal-identification-system

All cattle are slaughtered by specially trained Muslim slaughter men, who are supervised by IFANCA inspectors.

monitoring · ifanca.org/ifanca-responds-to-rumors-about-halal-certification-at-carg