Jerusalem 'Top Of The Line’ Kosher Slaughterhouse Closed By Government For Serious Health And Sanitation Violations

Oaf Glatt, located in the Atarot Industrial Zone, has the strictest kosher supervision available but was an immediate danger to public health, Ministry of Health and city officials found.

Originally published at 11:19 pm CST 11-19-2014

Jerusalem ’Top Of The Line’ Kosher Slaughterhouse Closed By Government For Serious Heath And Sanitation Violations
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com

The City of Jerusalem issued a closure order Thursday for Oaf Glatt chicken slaughterhouse due to serious health and sanitation violations, Behadrei Haredim reported.

Oaf Glatt, located in the Atarot Industrial Zone, has the strictest kosher supervision available but was an immediate danger to public health, Ministry of Health and city officials found.

The slaughterhouse had defective refrigeration systems and operated without a proper license and under unsanitary conditions.

Oaf Glatt was also a major polluter of the environment, damaging both soil and precious groundwater in the largely arid country.

Comments

[David]

It might kill you but, heh, it IS kosher....

[Yosef ben Matitya]

David | November 28, 2014 at 12:13 AM
:->

’Top Of The Line’ Kosher Chicken Oaf Glatt ...
the farce starts with and is indicated by the name. 'there is no such thing as glatt chicken'. Glatt is only applicable to mamals.

[WoolSilkCotton; I must be seen to be believed]

++... defective refrigeration systems and operated without a proper license and under unsanitary conditions...++

Also true for "top of the line" cholov yisroel milk, which is why it's spoiled when you purchase it, or within a couple of days.

The filthier and less sanitary, the more kosher it is.

[R Nash]

I caught the interesting transliteration "Oaf". That should be in list of top ten unfortunate culturally insensitive marketing moves somewhere.

[Larry from Lakewood]

It is no different here in North America.

A certain pizza shop on Broadway in Manhattan, under the "Strict Rabbinical Supervision of the OU" was closed by the New York City Department of Health several times within a one-year period because of unsanitary kitchen facilities.

A Haredi Ba'al Tshuva neighbor of mine works as a Mashgiach for the OU . When I asked him about the charges brought by the Department of Health he replied . . . " the OU is responsible for the Kashrus of the store, not the sanitary status of the kitchen . . .".

[WoolSilkCotton; I must be seen to be believed]

Kosher food doesn't have to be filthy and tasteless.

However, its purveyors know they have a captive audience who have no choice.

Since the rabbis profit from these kashrus endorsements, any customer who speaks up and complains will be subject to the usual attacks and ostracizing that the 'community' is so good at.

[Michael-Meir]

Old Hebrew National slogan: "We answer to a higher authority." Yeah, right.

Inadequate refrigeration. Germs. Possible cross-contamination, insects, rodents. So the rabbis are saying that food can be kosher despite being unfit for human consumption? There's nothing in Halacha about creating a sakana (danger), or misrepresenting hygienically-tainted food as wholesome, or flouting the (reasonable) law of the land? Are these not rabbinic concerns?

This attitude trivializes kashrut and makes it look like a silly superstition because the rabbinical authorities place it above adherence to basic food safety standards.

[H]

This attitude trivializes kashrut and makes it look like a silly superstition because the rabbinical authorities place it above adherence to basic food safety standards.

Posted by: Michael-Meir | November 28, 2014 at 01:49 PM

What a damning indictment. How a few crooks have turned our faith into a money-making circle-jerk amongst the favoured few.

[Another Holocene Human]

"This attitude trivializes kashrut and makes it look like a silly superstition because the rabbinical authorities place it above adherence to basic food safety standards."

No kidding. It's still shocking to me to see behind the curtain of Kosher food.

[my three cents]

You'll find there are, especially in NY, and in a few places on LI, though none in Brooklyn, I think, that DO serve good Jewish food.

No sarcasm, the trick is to avoid glatt. Real Jews, so to speak, do it right. Trial and error to find the ones that still have pickles in metal buckets greeting you at each table :-) - they tend to be family-run.