The New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets says that “Outside of Israel New York has the largest population of kosher consumers and more than 135,000 products are available on the market shelves. The Department continues to conduct kosher surveillance inspections to make sure all products are registered and all establishments that sell kosher are in compliance with the kosher laws.” The Kosher Law Protection Act of 2004 requires those who market their products as kosher to label the foods as such and to identify in a filing with the NY State Department of Agriculture the individuals certifying the food as kosher. Despite the “victory,” kosher food law inspectors who worked for the Division of Kosher Law Enforcement of the state’s Department of Agriculture were laid off in the waning days of the Paterson administration. Large-scale abuses of kosher continue in the second largest market for kosher outside of Israel. One rabbi said: “Walk into any supermarket in New York and you’ll see mislabeled products, co-mingling of kosher and non-kosher products on kosher labeled shelves, and even some products with a k or d that are problematic.”
The Brooklyn Law School Library has in its collection Guide to Food Laws and Regulations by Patricia A. Curtis (Call #KF 3870.C87 2005) with a chapter titled An introction to kosher and halal food laws. For both students and experienced professionals, knowledge of US food law is the foundation that supports an understanding of all industry regulation. Based on a popular Internet course, the Guide to Food Laws and Regulations informs students on the significance, range, and background of food laws and gives tools for finding current regulations.
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