[Avodah] Glatt Yosher?

[Micha Berger]

RGS, on Hirhurim, links to <http://tinyurl.com/yym5rc , a Forward article.

> Nathaniel Popper | Mon. Dec 18, 2006
> Leaders of Conservative Judaism are planning to create a new ethical
> certification system for kosher food...
> Conservative movement leaders said that they plan to establish a "tsedek
> hekhsher," or a justice certification, that would ensure kosher food
> producers have met a set of standards that determine the social responsibility
> of kosher food producers, particularly in the area of workers rights."

> The new certification appears be the first effort by an Jewish religious
> movement to provide oversight on labor issues. It would also be the first
> time that the Conservative movement would be involved in certifying food
> producers on a national level...

There is an obvious logistic problem -- the subject is a very politicized one,
so that one group's definition of "social responsibility" isn't necessarily
mine. However, assuming we overcome it by having groups from my own bent...

Why aren't I as concerned with someone checking that my food is glatt yosher?

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