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The Agriprocessors plant in Postville, Iowa
Hurolt
Hospital
Ben Harris
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
New York
A
n undercover video shot last
month at the Agriprocessors
kosher meatpacking plant
has raised new questions about the
company's slaughter practices and cost
it the support of one of the country's
leading experts on animal welfare.
Dr. Temple Grandin, an animal sci-
entist who has served as consultant to
scores of slaughterhouses across the
country, said the practice shown in the
video — in which two workers make
"gouging:' saw-like cuts into the necks
of animals immediately after the ritual
cut performed by a rabbi — is inhu-
mane.
Grandin said she hasn't seen that
type of second cut at any of the 30
or so kosher slaughterhouses she has
visited, nor did she see it when she
toured the Agriprocessors plant in
Postville, Iowa, in 2006 and declared it
satisfactory.
The practice also was not in evi-
dence in a video released by a Long
Island Jewish newspaper after a visit
to Postville by 25 Orthodox rabbis on
July 31; after visiting, the clergymen
said the plant adhered to the highest
standards of kosher practice.
The new video, shot Aug. 13 by
People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals (PETA), has led Grandin to
conclude that slaughterhouse visits
are useless in determining whether
animals are being treated properly.
She has called for Agriprocessors to
install round-the-clock video cameras
on the kill floor that can be indepen-
dently audited by a third party over
the Internet.
"There's no point;' Grandin said of
the visits. "I've been in business 35
years, and I'm getting sick and tired of:
They act good when you're there and
they don't act good when your back
is turned. They did the same thing
for the rabbis they would do for me
— put on a show."
Agriprocessors did not respond to
Grandin's comments, but the company
released a statement Sept. 5 after the
PETA video was first reported by the
New York Times.