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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHebrew National hot dogs not kosher, lawsuit claims
Hebrew National--the hot dog maker that has long claimed to "answer to a higher authority"--is being sued by a small group of consumers who say their meats are falsely advertised as kosher.
According to Reuters, the lawsuit filed by 11 people in Minnesota against Hebrew National owner ConAgra Foods Inc. claims the company misled them in placing the "Triangle K" symbol on products that did not cut the mustard, so to speak, when it comes to standards for kosher labeling.
ConAgra, they say, was then able to charge premium prices for non-kosher meat.
AER, the Skokie, Illinois-based company that supervises kosher slaughtering process, "did little or nothing" to address complaints that the meat processed for ConAgra was non-kosher, according to the lawsuit. ...............(more)
The complete piece is at: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/hebrew-national-kosher-hot-dogs-lawsuit-150637079.html
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Hebrew National hot dogs not kosher, lawsuit claims (Original Post)
marmar
Jun 2012
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Ian David
(69,059 posts)1. Hebrew National 1975
the other one
(1,499 posts)2. Oy Vey
There is just no substitute for government regulation of the food supply.
Woody Woodpecker
(562 posts)3. Does this belong in I/P forum?
Only jesting.
I never liked Hebrew National.
I get my hot dogs fresh from Chicago at this location:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/romanian-kosher-sausage-co-chicago
Best. Hot Dogs. Bar. None.
I freeze 'em and bring 'em home maybe twice a year.
The Magistrate
(95,247 posts)6. Second That, Sir: Best In The World
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)4. my dad was a dispatcher for a trucking company in the 30`s and 40`s
the word on the teletype machine was rabbi`s meant meat haulers out of the chicago stockyards at the pa line to bless the meat and tag the shipment as kosher.
looks like now they just do it in the slaughterhouses.
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)5. The idea of a kosher hot dog seems absurd to me.
It IS a hot dog, after all.
Michal Denis
(2 posts)7. The idea seems of no use
It also depends on the personal choice. Some people like hot dog. But according to me this idea is not going to work.