Boron Elgar > wrote
> Rod Speed > wrote
>> SMS > wrote
>>> Jonathan Kamens wrote
>>>> Sqwertz > writes
>>>>> Obtaining payment from another by threat of harm is certainly extortion.
>>>> Obtaining payment from another for a service rendered is not
>>>> extortion. Companies that do not wish to have their products
>>>> certified kosher do not need to avail themselves of the service
>>>> offered by the certification agencies and thus do not need to pay
>>>> for it. Ther eis no "threat."
>>>> Products that are not certified kosher are not purchased by Jews who
>>>> care about such things. This is not a "boycott," it is capitalism in action.
>>> But the real reason for the huge increase in the number of certified
>>> kosher products is because products that are not certified kosher
>>> are also not purchased by non-Jews that care about such things.
>> Easy to claim, hell of a lot harder to substantiate that claim.
> http://health.usnews.com/articles/he...ood-safer.html
Doesnt do a damned thing to substantiate that claim.
In spades with his other even sillier claim that the vast bulk
of deliberate purchases of kosher food is by non jews.
> Is Kosher Food Safer?
> By Deborah Kotz
> Posted January 11, 2008
> "Not only Jews look for the kosher symbol on food these days.
> In a surprising turn of events, "kosher" has become the most
> popular claim on new food products, trouncing "organic" and
> "no additives or preservatives," according to a recent report.
Different matter entirely to the claim he made.
> A noteworthy 4,719 new kosher items were launched in the
> United States last year-nearly double the number of new "all
> natural" products, which placed second in the report, issued
> last month by Mintel, a Chicago-based market research firm.
> In fact, sales of kosher foods have risen an
> estimated 15 percent a year for the past decade.
Different matter entirely to the claim he made.
> Yet Jews, whose religious doctrine mandates
> the observance of kosher dietary laws, make
> up only 20 percent of those buying kosher products.
Doesnt mean that the non jews who bought them did that because of
the kosher label, the other obvious explanation is that the bulk of what
non jews buy just happens to have a kosher label and the non jews dont
even bother to check whether what they buy is labelled like that or not.
> What gives? "It's the belief among all consumers that
> kosher food is safer, a critical thing right now with
> worries about the integrity of the food supply," says
> Marcia Mogelonsky, a senior research analyst at Mintel."
Easy to claim, hell of a lot harder to substantiate that claim.
>>> Since so many non-Jewish consumers prefer to buy kosher products,
>> Easy to claim, hell of a lot harder to substantiate that claim.
> See above
Completely useless as a substantiation for that particular claim.
>>> a company that didn't get certification would have
>>> far lower production volumes, and higher costs
>>> that far exceed the cost of inspection and certification.
>> Easy to claim, hell of a lot harder to substantiate that claim.
> See above
Completely useless as a substantiation for that particular claim.