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The Iowa secretary of agriculture, chief rabbinate in Israel, and the Orthodox Union weigh in on AgriProcessors. Read their reactions here.
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AgriProcessors workers ignore the suffering of cows who are still sensible to pain after having their throats slit by the ritual slaughterer. The animals stagger and slip in blood while their tracheas dangle from their necks.
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Statement of Patty Judge,
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture
Globe Gazette, December 7, 2004
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Patty Judge said Monday if her department had jurisdiction, she would shut down and investigate a kosher meatpacking plant in Postville that critics say makes cattle suffer needlessly . . .
Judge, who viewed the PETA film last week, said kosher slaughter when done correctly is quick and humane. But she questions whether that is the case at the Postville plant.
"It's disturbing. Certainly it's nothing I would condone, or any of my meat inspectors or veterinarians would condone," Judge said of the slaughter practices inside the plant.
Judge called on the USDA to take quick action at the Postville facility if inspectors find problems.
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