Israel’s Chief Rabbinate is weighing a proposal to genetically eliminate the sale of non-kosher meat as kosher. The Hatzofeh newspaper reported Wednesday that Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger could order the establishment of a data bank containing DNA samples from all animals slaughtered in kosher houses.
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