A huge immigration raid last week on the country’s largest kosher slaughterhouse could have a substantial impact on the thousands of Jews who follow Jewish dietary laws, as well as on non-Jews who ...

British lawmakers spent three hours debating a possible ban on religious slaughter. The debate on Tuesday came after an on-line petition from the British Veterinary Association calling for a ban on ...

A ranch in western Martin County may be the location of a slaughterhouse. County regulations would have prohibited a slaughterhouse on the ranch, but state law exempts it from local rules. The ...

IOWA CITY (AP) - An animal rights group that has accused a kosher slaughterhouse of cruel treatment of cattle says modifications made by the company fall short of steps needed to ensure humane ...

GORDON — A Nebraska slaughterhouse run by Agriprocessors, Inc. has closed because of financial problems the kosher meat company faces at its Iowa plant. Gordon City Manager Fred Hlava Jr. said ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — A federal grand jury has returned a 12-count indictment against a kosher slaughterhouse and some its managers on charges including conspiracy, harboring illegal immigrants and bank ...

The president of Denmark’s Jewish community disputed a government minister’s claims that new regulations would outlaw all kosher slaughter in the country. “We find this an odd statement,” Finn Schwarz ...

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The Muslim custom of killing sheep at temporary slaughterhouses jeopardizes all ritual slaughter in Belgium, a Cabinet minister there warned. A workshop in Berkeley, Calif., on kosher slaughter — ...

(JTA) — The top rights court in Europe has ruled that bans of ritual slaughter in parts of Belgium can stand, ending the hopes of Jewish advocates who had said the bans were an unfair infringement on ...

(JNS) Two kosher certifying agencies and two meat processors have a big beef with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, which suddenly changed the rules and made kosher slaughter a longer and more ...