Sqwertz wrote:
> SMS <SMS >> wrote:
>
>> Since so
>> many non-Jewish consumers prefer to buy kosher products, a company that
>> didn't get certification would have far lower production volumes
>
> Non-kosher people couldn't care less about whether a product is
> Kosher or not. And if they do really care, then they're as dumb as
> a doorstop.
>
> -sw

"http://www.foxbusiness.com/article/kosher-food-chosen-food-unchosen-people-247759.html"
"http://www.ok.org/Content.asp?ID=60"
"http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/295856_growingkosher14.html"

The reason people care is that they believe that the inspections ensure
that kosher food is safer. In some cases kosher food is not any safer,
in some cases it is, but not because of the ingredients. Of course a
non-kosher producer could choose to follow the same procedures without
and independent certification, or they could choose some other sort of
certification. Thank the Jews for doing what the government doesn't do!