Thursday, May 22, 2008
Raid on Slaughterhouse May Mean Shortage of Kosher Meat
A huge immigration raid last week on the country's largest kosher slaughterhouse could have a substantial impact on the thousands of Jews who follow Jewish dietary laws, as well as on non-Jews who purchase kosher meat.
The Agriprocessors Inc. plant in Postville, Iowa, is one of the largest of a small number of U.S. meat producers that satisfy Jewish dietary restrictions, called kashrut. Federal authorities arrested 400 people in the raid, and the Justice Department said this week that 85 had pleaded guilty to felony charges involving the use of false identifications to obtain employment.
They also admitted to being in the country illegally and now face deportation, the department said. As a result, the plant, which was shut down the day of the arrests, will face a challenge replenishing its 800-person workforce.
"I don't think the Jewish community can survive at this point without Rubashkin," Mordechai Yitzhaky, owner of KosherMart in Rockville, said of the family that owns Agriprocessors.
Industry-watchers and butchers say they have heard reports of hoarding since the raid, but the impact will not be known for several days, as individuals and stores still have frozen supplies. Muslims also sometimes buy kosher meat, as Islamic dietary restrictions are similar to kashrut, and it can be hard to find halal -- or acceptable by Islamic law -- food in most U.S. communities.
For the estimated 1 million Americans who observe kosher restrictions, Agriprocessors' latest troubles ramp up a discussion that has been underway for several years: Can a company meet religious standards if it violates ethical ones?
Agriprocessors has been cited multiple times by federal and state regulators for food-safety, environmental, labor and animal cruelty violations. The violations were widely reported by a Jewish newspaper, the Forward, prompting Jewish advocacy groups to note that Jewish law protects workers and forbids inflicting unnecessary pain on animals.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/21/AR2008052102471.html?hpid=sec-religion
The Agriprocessors Inc. plant in Postville, Iowa, is one of the largest of a small number of U.S. meat producers that satisfy Jewish dietary restrictions, called kashrut. Federal authorities arrested 400 people in the raid, and the Justice Department said this week that 85 had pleaded guilty to felony charges involving the use of false identifications to obtain employment.
They also admitted to being in the country illegally and now face deportation, the department said. As a result, the plant, which was shut down the day of the arrests, will face a challenge replenishing its 800-person workforce.
"I don't think the Jewish community can survive at this point without Rubashkin," Mordechai Yitzhaky, owner of KosherMart in Rockville, said of the family that owns Agriprocessors.
Industry-watchers and butchers say they have heard reports of hoarding since the raid, but the impact will not be known for several days, as individuals and stores still have frozen supplies. Muslims also sometimes buy kosher meat, as Islamic dietary restrictions are similar to kashrut, and it can be hard to find halal -- or acceptable by Islamic law -- food in most U.S. communities.
For the estimated 1 million Americans who observe kosher restrictions, Agriprocessors' latest troubles ramp up a discussion that has been underway for several years: Can a company meet religious standards if it violates ethical ones?
Agriprocessors has been cited multiple times by federal and state regulators for food-safety, environmental, labor and animal cruelty violations. The violations were widely reported by a Jewish newspaper, the Forward, prompting Jewish advocacy groups to note that Jewish law protects workers and forbids inflicting unnecessary pain on animals.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/21/AR2008052102471.html?hpid=sec-religion
Comments:
again with the forward... are they still around? trying to tzaap some yiddish blood, "alte kokers gifresen piggy-food all their lives are now telling us what to eat" go away forward.. die already... you are very old... you made all your readers for perfect goyim (at least you tried hard) so now you have no readers, on the other side the frum yidden are becoming b"h surviving big time.
i call this a kidish hashem...
i call this a kidish hashem...
Comment Credit ---This article posted by 
: May 22, 2008 11:06 AM
: May 22, 2008 11:06 AM
WITH ALL THE SCANDELS THATS GOING ON WITH KASHRUS ON MEAT ITS MIN HASHMAIM THAT THEY ARE BEING CLOSED DOWN FINALLY
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : May 22, 2008 11:11 AM
: May 22, 2008 11:11 AM
wow, ananymous 11:11am!!!!!
i cant wait to check this tomorrow and read the 25 comments that will be blasting you, calling you a rasha, and whatnot!!
i wanted to bash you really bad right now, but i'm tired and i know that everyone else will!!
HAHA!!!!!!
i cant wait to check this tomorrow and read the 25 comments that will be blasting you, calling you a rasha, and whatnot!!
i wanted to bash you really bad right now, but i'm tired and i know that everyone else will!!
HAHA!!!!!!
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : May 22, 2008 12:37 PM
: May 22, 2008 12:37 PM
there is nothing to bash about him he is 100% right every bodey has his day now its his, what its better to be machel nvaylah and trayfah and not get cought get "get a life"
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : May 22, 2008 3:59 PM
: May 22, 2008 3:59 PM
What are you idiots talking about? There has never been even the slightest kashrus problem at Agriprocessors, let alone "scandels". If you buy their meat, not only do you save money but you also ensure that you're not eating neveilos utreifos. Those who boycott them, though, are guaranteed min hashomayim that they will be nichshal, because nothing good can come from such an aveira of deliberately harming a yid's parnossoh.
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