What you are stocking: halal dried beef cecina
Cecina is beef that has been salted and air-dried, then served in thin slices. The ZAHRA / RIF version is a speciality prepared in the Moroccan tradition from certified halal beef. It arrives pre-sliced in 100 g bags, so it moves from case to shelf, or from case to plate, without any extra handling.
In a shop, it is an add-on line that lifts basket value: customers who come in for olives, nuts or oriental spices find a ready-to-eat halal dried meat right next to them. In a kitchen, it is a consistent garnish — same bag, same slice, same weight every time — which keeps recipe cards simple and portion costs predictable.
Pack format and logistics
| Spec | Detail |
|---|
| Product | Cecina — sliced dried beef |
| Halal status | Certified halal beef (as stated on the product sheet) |
| Brand | ZAHRA / RIF — Moroccan speciality |
| Pack | Case of 12 bags x 100 g |
| Palimex reference | 1833 |
| Uses | Snacking, sandwiches, sharing platters, salads, wraps |
| Customers | Halal grocers, butchers, caterers, restaurants |
The 100 g bag works as a retail unit on the shelf and as an easy portion in the kitchen. A 12-bag case lets you trial the line without tying up stock, then add it to a consolidated order with the rest of your Palimex range — dried fruit, nuts, olives, spices and oriental groceries. For best-before dates and storage conditions, always follow the label on each batch and rotate stock first in, first out.
Halal: what the sheet says and how to check it
The product sheet states certified halal beef, and we add nothing to that statement. If your customers or your specification require the certifying body, the scope of the certificate or its validity dates, the right move is to read them on the certificate itself. Our guide reading a halal certificate: scope and traceability walks through exactly what to check before listing a halal meat product.
A trade buyer is not selling a promise, but a label: what matters is what the batch paperwork lets you show the end customer.
Pre-packed food labelling follows common EU rules — name of the food, ingredients, allergens, date marking, storage conditions and the operator's details. The European Commission sets out the framework on its page on food information to consumers legislation, a useful checklist when you audit a new line.
Uses in grocery, butchery and food service
In a halal or oriental grocery, place cecina beside olives, spreads and nuts: it is the impulse buy of the aperitif moment. At the butcher's, it rounds out the halal charcuterie offer with a shelf-stable sliced product that needs no cutting at the counter. For caterers, it dresses platters, canapés and verrines. In restaurants, it goes into sandwiches, wraps, composed salads, pizzas and sharing boards.
The thin slice folds into rosettes on a board, rolls around a breadstick or fresh cheese, or can be torn over a warm salad. For slice thickness and front-of-house presentation, see our guide to cutting, thickness and plating cecina.
Why buy your halal cecina from Palimex
Palimex has been a B2B food wholesaler since 1984, with its head office and warehouse at the Rungis wholesale market and a cash & carry site in Bordeaux Lac. The shop is reserved for registered businesses: grocers, food service, caterers and butchers. You can combine cecina with the rest of your buying — nuts, dried fruit, spices, olives, sweet groceries and world flavours — in one order, delivered by pallet or carriage paid under the current terms.
To build the range around this product, explore our oriental groceries wholesale section: its lines share the same customers and the same buying logic as halal dried beef cecina.
