The Orthodox Union is vowing to institute changes at a kosher slaughterhouse it supervises following complaints from a strident animal rights group. The changes to be made at Agriprocessors Inc. in Postville, Iowa, by the Orthodox Union, the largest kosher supervisory organization in the United States, came after People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals released a video that placed slaughter practices at the plant under question — and after the group filed lawsuits with the U.S. Department of Agriculture against both the plant and the Orthodox Union.
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