4.2.6.2.2.1 Slaughter by Machine

1. The mechanical knife controller shall be a Muslim who is mentally sound and fully understands the fundamental rules and conditions related to the slaughter of animals in Islam.

1. The slaughterer shall be approval of Halal Slaughter Certificate by the imam of ICC, including fully understands the standard requirements with attended in training program and passed both paper and practical test.
2. The slaughterer shall implement the requirements of the competent authority related to health, hygiene and sanitation control.
3. Slaughter must be done by Muslim only or it is not accepted by all Madhhubs for halal.

The animal shall be slaughtered when it was hanged or laid down on ones side in characteristic of neck, chest and abdomen facing Qibla.

All action shall be done carefully for reducing of animal's maltreatment during hanging and holding with each animal shall not be held in those characteristics for long time.

1. At slaughter time, the phrase Bismillah Allahu Akbar (In the name of Allah, Allah is the Greatest.) must be immediately invoked separately or altogether and the slaughterer must not invoke other than the name of Allah only or the animals meat is haram.

Regarding this step shall be done before pressing start bottom of mechanical knife every time. (i.e. In case of 5 animals will be slaughtered in each time, allow to invoke "Bismillah" for once.) and the slaughterer shall not leave the slaughter place too.

1. If the slaughterer leaves the slaughter place, he shall stop to run of machine and mechanical knife but the machine is restarted by the same or new Muslim slaughterer then he shall clearly invoke " Bismillah Allahu Akbar" (no gentle whispering) separately or altogether before starting the machine and mechanical knife as well as no invoking other than the name of Allah or the slaughter is haram.
2. The slaughter must be done by a single steel blade which is sharp, clean without najis and used for halal slaughter only.
3. The slaughter act shall sever the trachea, esophagus and both the carotid arteries and jugular veins to hasten the bleeding and death of the poultries are instantly.
4. The slaughterer shall check each poultry to be lawfully slaughtered and the poultry which missed the mechanical knife shall be slaughtered by hand.

1. Slaughtering and the next processes will be supervised and certified by the imam of ICC (means a trained Muslim inspector), who is appointed by the ICC
2. Regarding non-Muslim countries, slaughter and all of other processes will be acceptable if everything implemented this standard and all processes are  supervised and certified by the imam of ICC related to halal foods.