A kosher slaughterhouse in Iowa violated animal cruelty laws, according to an internal report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, reported the New York Times. The Agriculture Department suspended one of its inspectors for two weeks and issued warning letters to two others, but Iowa officials did not find prosecutable offenses.
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