Health inspectors in a Michigan county may impose fines on food sellers who falsely claim food is kosher. Wayne County commissioners on Aug. 4 approved the measure — which also applies to halal food — because of complaints from local Muslims that butchers were asking higher prices for meat and falsely claiming it was halal. Dearborn, with one of the largest Arab populations in the United States, is in Wayne County. Businesses now must post signs identifying the slaughterer and the wholesaler.
Passover may be over, but your chance to support independent Jewish journalism isn't. Help JTA keep reporting the stories that define our era.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
