Selecting Kosher Meat Products for Stores (ca. 1930's)

The Story of Selecting Kosher Meat Products for Their Stores was filmed in the late 1920's or early 1930's.

Kosher meat slaughter, inspection, and butchering; shoppers in Stroh and Goldberg butcher shops. Probably filmed in New York City.

CONTENT ADVISORY: Disturbing slaughterhouse scenes may be too intense for some viewers.

This silent film explores the elaborate process by which Kosher meat is prepared for the local market. There are several excellent scenes that demonstrate how the Kosher butcher, known as the Shochet, carefully slaughters a cow and ensures that all of its blood is removed so that it can be approved as genuine Kosher. Once the meat has been appropriately labelled, the film illustrates how it is cut and delivered to stores.

A good film to see for those who think meat automatically comes sliced and wrapped up at the supermarket.

Judaism,Meat: Inspection,Meat: Production,