(JTA) — The Orthodox Union has told its approved beef purveyors in South America to stop using a controversial slaughter method. The O.U., which is the largest kosher certifying agency in the ...

Keep in mind that Jewish dietary law is extensive and complex, so more foods than those listed below are kosher. Remember that beef (for example) is not necessarily kosher just because it's from a ...

leading to a decline in the weekly yield of domestically produced kosher beef, from 3,400 to 1,750 head of cattle. The Canadian lawsuit follows years of challenges to kosher slaughter in Europe.

The "kosher" label applies to foods that comply with the set of Jewish Dietary Laws laid out in the Torah, which forbid, for instance, consuming pork or shellfish or mixing meat and dairy.