Man, Agriprocessors, the behemoth kosher meat plant in Iowa, has had some major tsuris these past few months! They got busted for illegal workers in May, then in June some of their old meat surfaced at summer camps, and now this:
From AP: DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa labor officials said Tuesday that they had uncovered dozens of child labor violations at the nation’s biggest supplier of kosher meat…The types of violations included minors working in prohibited occupations, exceeding allowable hours for youth to work, failure to obtain work permits, exposure to hazardous chemicals and working with prohibited tools.
Full article here.
C’mon, just try the tofu – you just might like it…
I saw where the Morningstar guy is a billionaire in the Forbes 400. I know I eat my share of those soy/black bean/asian spice/hide of the dog burgers.
May I recommend: http://www.empirekosher.com/
it’s yummy, kosher & its got your zayde’s hekscher too aka “look for the union label”
Yo — I can’t find your email addy, but I want to send you details about an upcoming chavurah, drop me a line.