The widespread presence of the Campylobacter bacteria was reported in a still unpublished study by Israel’s poultry council presented at an internal meeting.
The brand-new Jewish Initiative for Animals aims to make animal welfare a Jewish communal issue — and bring top-notch kosher heritage poultry to market.
America’s largest kosher chicken company, Empire Kosher Poultry, churns out 240,000 chickens and 27,000 turkeys a week. Armed with a camera, JTA Managing Editor Uriel Heilman visited the plant to document a chicken’s life from hatchery to hot dog.
