CSENGELE, Hungary (AP) In a small room lined with religious texts, a Jewish rabbi demonstrates how knives are sharpened and inspected before they are put to use slitting the throats of chickens, geese and other poultry at a kosher slaughterhouse in Hungary.
A shochet, someone trained and certified to slaughter animals according to Jewish tradition, whets a knife on increasingly fine stones before drawing the blade across a fingernail to feel for any imperfections in the steel that might inhibit a smooth, clean cut and cause unnecessary pain.
“One of the most important things in kosher is that the animal doesn’t suffer,” said Rabbi Jacob Werchow, who oversees production at Quality Poultry, a 3 1/2-year-old slaughterhouse that supplies nearly 40% of Europe s kosher poultry market and a large portion of the foie gras sold in Israel.
Ruling brings kosher slaughterhouse new business, old fears
By JUSTIN SPIKEJanuary 28, 2021 GMT
CSENGELE, Hungary (AP) In a small room lined with religious texts, a Jewish rabbi demonstrates how knives are sharpened and inspected before they are put to use slitting the throats of chickens, geese and other poultry at a kosher slaughterhouse in Hungary.
A shochet, someone trained and certified to slaughter animals according to Jewish tradition, whets a knife on increasingly fine stones before drawing the blade across a fingernail to feel for any imperfections in the steel that might inhibit a smooth, clean cut and cause unnecessary pain.
Dec 31, 2020
QPP sales are down by 13% for 2020!
So, as you heard, Quality Poultry Products is now exporting to the Caribbean. During our interview with General Manager Raymond Barkman, he shared that despite this new exportation venture – business has been tough for the poultry producer and they have recorded a production decline of two point eight million pounds of poultry as a result of COVID-19. Barkman says, however, that while business is bad, it is not all doom and gloom as they had anticipated and they have big plans for the New Year:
Raymond Barkman, General Manager, Quality Poultry Products
“We have definitely not gone back to normal levels yet. I believe that if tourism comes back the way it was before then we would be back fully to the normal level so with that being said it is bad for us right now and we are hurting because we are down in sales. But at the same time I am also on the side where I am surprised that it is not worse, you know what I mea
Andrea Polanco
“Is this a onetime thing or are you looking to see this happening every month or every so often?”
Raymond Barkman
“We are hoping that it will happen every month or every week or as much as it can. But of course, Grenada has the population of a hundred thousand people so there are not a lot of people there. So, we are hoping this will be a normal thing for now on. This is the first trial and so we still have to see how the end result will be from this one and we have learnt a lot already up to now and so we hope that we can build on this one and see where it goes.”
Dec 22, 2020
Turkey Shopping for Christmas at Quality Poultry Products
The countdown to Christmas Day is in full swing as residents are making those last-minute purchases to make sure that everything is just right for that Christmas dinner with the family, while of course adhering to social distancing rules and following other quarantine regulations. But like they say – “Once yo got di turkey, everything else wahn jus fall eena place.” So today, News Five’s Duane Moody went shopping for a turkey at no less than Quality Poultry Products.
Duane Moody, Reporting
Searching for the perfect size turkey is traditionally a big deal for the entire family. It cannot be too big or too small and it has to be enough for the entire family and to share a plate of food with the neighbour or close friends and relatives. So to cater to your needs, Quality Poultry Products has various sizes of turkeys.