Halal Directory · Method
How listings are checked
Halal can mean a certificate on the wall, a family’s word about where its meat comes from, a statement that covers only the chicken or the meat counter, or a handful of named items. Those are different things, and the directory never blurs them.
What a listing needs
Every published listing has a street address from a named source (or, for caterers and mobile kitchens, a stated service area and no home address), a way to reach it or its producer’s locator, at least one dated source for its halal status, and a real photograph or logo that the business itself publishes. A place that is missing any of these waits off the site until it is complete. Closed businesses, “coming soon” locations, wholesale suppliers and expired certificates are not listed.
The labels
- Certified
- A named certifier lists this location with a certificate that was current when we checked. The certificate covers only the scope shown.
- All halal, per the business
- The business itself says everything it serves is halal. That is the operator’s statement, not certification and not an inspection by Texas Muslim.
- Halal per the business · scope shown
- The business says part of what it sells is halal — its chicken, say, or its fresh-meat counter — and the listing names that scope. It says nothing either way about other items, and it is the operator’s statement, not certification or an inspection by Texas Muslim.
- Selected halal items
- The business names particular items as halal. That alone says nothing about the rest of the menu; where a source says the kitchen also serves food that is not halal, the listing says so.
- Reported halal by a third party
- A tourism listing, news report or similar source describes halal food here. The business and a certifier have not been the source.
- Supplier-listed halal products
- A food producer lists this branch as a stockist of its packaged products, and the producer or the package label states those products’ halal basis. It covers those products only — not the store’s meat counter, deli or kitchen, and not certification of the retailer. Stock changes; check the package and ask the branch.
- Halal status not documented
- We could not find a published halal statement. Ask the business directly.
A label covers only the scope written beside it. A market’s certified meat counter says nothing about every product on its shelves; a halal grill does not make a café’s pastries halal. We do not infer hand slaughter, the absence of pork or alcohol, prayer space, accessibility or allergen safety. When a fact is not documented, the listing leaves it out rather than saying “no.”
Packaged products on store shelves
Some listings are store branches — a supermarket, a Target or a CVS — that a food producer names in its own store locator for its packaged products, such as frozen halal meals. We list the branch only when the producer’s locator names it and a separate producer statement or package label gives the product’s halal basis. Those listings carry the label “Supplier-listed halal products”, name the products and the producer, and are counted apart from kitchens and markets. They say nothing about the store’s meat counter, deli or anything else on its shelves, and a locator is not live stock: check with the branch.
Some addresses come from a community directory and were matched to the business’s own name, phone or website; those listings say so on the page, and the branch address has not been confirmed on the business’s own site.
Sources and dates
Certifiers are the source for certification, including the certificate number and the date it is listed as valid through. Businesses are the source for their own addresses, hours, menus and statements. When a community directory is the only source that a place serves halal food, the listing says “Reported halal by a third party” and names that source; it is never presented as certification or as the business’s own word. We do not copy any directory’s descriptions, reviews or ratings. “Source checked” is the date we read the source. It does not mean we visited, ate there or inspected anything, and Texas Muslim does not certify food.
Photos and logos
Images come from the business’s own website or published media and are credited to it. A logo identifies the business and belongs to it; Texas Muslim claims no partnership. A brand photograph shared by several branches is labeled as a brand image, not a picture of that location. We do not copy photos from review sites or map listings.
Reviews and recommendations
The directory does not rate businesses, show star ratings or publish reviews. A listing may carry a signed note from the editor when he has something to say about a place; it appears only when he writes one.
Corrections
If a listing is wrong, a business has closed, or a certificate has changed, every listing has a correction link to our contact form. Business owners can use the same form. A correction changes the listing and its revision date; a listing is never paid for.
The data
The published listings are also available as structured data, with the same counts, labels, sources and dates as the pages. Today the directory lists 781 food businesses and 1478 supplier-listed store branches in 280 cities; the latest source check was 2026-11-14.
Types the directory covers
Directory edited by Omar Afra and published by Texas Muslim.