Just two weeks prior to the August 2008 undercover investigation, AgriProcessors’ gave a private tour to selected rabbis, community leaders, and reporters, and video footage demonstrating their ability to slaughter without a second cut at all. When no one is looking, speed is clearly more important than humane kosher slaughter. The old saying, “time is money” is a shame on US kosher supervision.

SINCE THIS SLAUGHTERHOUSE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY CAN ACT HUMANELY WHEN NO ONE IS LOOKING, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT RABBIS CALL FOR THEM TO INSTALL 3rd PARTY CAMERAS AS PER PETA’S RECCOMENDATION OR BE SHUT DOWN IMMEDIATEY GIVEN THEIR LONG HISTORY OF GROSTESQUE VIOLATIONS!

As a Jew, I am appalled that this abuse is allowed to go on without major consequences. Anyone who is o.k. with animal suffering has missed the point on living an ethical life.

AN ANIMAL SUFFERING A SLOPPY AND UNNECESSARILY PAINFUL DEATH IS NOT KOSHER!

As Jews, we are supposed to treat animals in a humane and decent manner. They are also Hashem’s creations. The Torah delineates explicitly the animals we are allowed to eat. These are Hashem’s words. Predators, raptors and scavengers are not included so that our neshamas will not be affected by eating the flesh of such animals. We eat docile animals, therefore, it is incumbent upon the shochet, a Torah scholar, to carry out his task of taking life in a humane, swift, and painless manner.

My husband and I will not buy meat or poultry from Agriprocessors, as we feel the meat is treif, no matter how many glatt labels are plastered on the package.