Yes — but only under a strict condition: every item in the load must be fully frozen, sealed, and properly packed. A sealed, frozen product cannot transfer anything to what travels beside it.

The risk in a shared load is never simply that two products sit near each other. The risk is leakage. We exclude anything that can leak, which removes the way contamination would actually travel.

No, provided the goods are contained. Halaal integrity is affected by contact and contamination, not proximity. A sealed package keeps its contents in and everything else out.

Think of two sealed containers on a shelf versus one open container that can spill. Closed and side by side, their contents never touch. Open and leaking is the only way anything moves between them — which is exactly what we prevent.

Any raw, unfrozen, or unsealed product. These can release fluids — for example, meat juices — and fluid transfer is the one real contamination risk in transit. If it can leak, it does not travel in a shared load.

No. The Frozen Food Courier is a temperature-controlled logistics provider, not a halaal certifying authority. We do not certify the halaal status of any product — that responsibility rests with the producer and their chosen certifier. What we do is handle and segregate goods in transit according to the practices described here.

• Send goods fully frozen — frozen all the way through, not just on the surface. Product that looks frozen but hasn’t frozen through can thaw from the inside and leak in transit, even in a correctly cooled truck.
• Seal and pack for a shared, multi-stop route, where doors open often and temperatures fluctuate at each stop.
• Tell us if your goods are halaal-certified, and by whom, so we can handle and document the load appropriately.

A product can look and feel frozen on the outside while still being soft in the centre. During a multi-stop delivery, that centre can thaw and the package can begin to release fluid — the exact thing that creates a contamination risk in a shared load. Freezing right through is what keeps the product contained for the whole journey.

They reflect the international consensus on halaal logistics — sealed goods may share transport, while exposed or leaking goods must be segregated — and are consistent with the segregation and cross-contamination requirements applied by recognised South African certifiers such as SANHA and NIHT.