I have a friend of mine in Columbia SC area that worked at a butcher shop that catered to Africans and Muslims so they had to have Halal practices. He would have to wrestle and slit the goats throats when the customers arrived for pickup because they have to witness the killing before they can eat their meat to insure the proper spilling of blood.
Cuts down on non-Halal orders for a while... "look mommy..."
There are a lot of "legacy" practices that were logical/intelligent in the past (pre-refrigeration) that no longer make a lot of sense.
I'm sure there are people in China without refrigeration, but I doubt they are buying up fresh meat. Since I can literally sit in the US and place an order for groceries to be delivered in China (in English), maybe the time has come for the markets to go away?
If you're worried about cleaning...order some Clorox, "Imported" from the US!
I have a friend of mine in Columbia SC area that worked at a butcher shop that catered to Africans and Muslims so they had to have Halal practices. He would have to wrestle and slit the goats throats when the customers arrived for pickup because they have to witness the killing before they can eat their meat to insure the proper spilling of blood.
I have to wonder how many halal customers actually want/need to witness the killing to their satisfy their practice of religion. There's a halal butcher shop in my urban neighborhood and ain't nobody slitting animals' throats on the premises. The city would have a fit.
I have a friend of mine in Columbia SC area that worked at a butcher shop that catered to Africans and Muslims so they had to have Halal practices. He would have to wrestle and slit the goats throats when the customers arrived for pickup because they have to witness the killing before they can eat their meat to insure the proper spilling of blood.
kurtster wrote: I imagine Chinatown in Los Angeles still has their poultry markets. I never saw them in SF but they're so much more compact. I never really thought they were unsanitary to the degree the Chinese wet markets are, especially because those markets have so many varieties of animals just literally cheek to jowl, the likelihood of something getting transferred is a lot higher.
That is a good great question. The time has come for this to end, at least in the center of megalopolis.
Should'a been shut down already. Just too risky given what is going on.
I expect a big fight over religious rights based on the video.
I predict charges of Islamaphobia and xenophobia in defense of this practice.
There is no defense for risky, unsafe and unsanitary practices.
The markets should be rigorously inspected but the current momentum to change the law is just piggybacking on sanitation/covid and is driven by animal rights activists. If they can pass a law that only addresses these smaller markets, like the halal butcher in the article, it will be xenophobic. If they make it broader to incorporate any situation where animals are kept in less than ideal situations, say goodbye to cheap chicken and pork. I'm not arguing against that, but it will take food off of many tables.
Yeah, I get the PETA crowd. In this case, I side with them, but not because of what they are or stand for, just that it is the right thing to do given the times. If somehow a way can be set up to improve regulation of these markets, I'm hesitant, yet willing to give it a chance, but there are all kinds of issues such as the conditions the animals are raised in even before they get to the market. Too much monitoring for such a small scale and specialized situation. Too many weak links in the food chain for things to go wrong.
We used to have vendors at our West Side Market in downtown Cleveburg that had live chickens and other types of fowl that were killed and butchered on the spot. It was done on a small scale and in safe, established conditions. I don't know if this still happens. The Market is owned by the city and is a historical landmark. I worked in the food service biz for too long and know of the dangers involved in proper food handling let alone the risk of cross contaminations of disease between animals and humans. They days of picking your chicken out for dinner like your lobster for dinner are done.
That is a good great question. The time has come for this to end, at least in the center of megalopolis.
Should'a been shut down already. Just too risky given what is going on.
I expect a big fight over religious rights based on the video.
I predict charges of Islamaphobia and xenophobia in defense of this practice.
There is no defense for risky, unsafe and unsanitary practices.
The markets should be rigorously inspected but the current momentum to change the law is just piggybacking on sanitation/covid and is driven by animal rights activists. If they can pass a law that only addresses these smaller markets, like the halal butcher in the article, it will be xenophobic. If they make it broader to incorporate any situation where animals are kept in less than ideal situations, say goodbye to cheap chicken and pork. I'm not arguing against that, but it will take food off of many tables.
âWe received reports from many parents telling us they have noticed behavior that they would consider flirting if it wasnât between brother and sister,â Rogers said. âNow there havenât been any evidence of dating or physical romance outside a large family near Baldur where cousins are being taught in the same house.â
Experts indicated that while the behaviour is alarming it is somewhat to be expected. Once the students are removed from their normal public school environment where sexual tension is standard they can develop âunnaturalâ flirting and mild attraction to siblings.
âWe received reports from many parents telling us they have noticed behavior that they would consider flirting if it wasnât between brother and sister,â Rogers said. âNow there havenât been any evidence of dating or physical romance outside a large family near Baldur where cousins are being taught in the same house.â
Experts indicated that while the behaviour is alarming it is somewhat to be expected. Once the students are removed from their normal public school environment where sexual tension is standard they can develop âunnaturalâ flirting and mild attraction to siblings.
âWe received reports from many parents telling us they have noticed behavior that they would consider flirting if it wasnât between brother and sister,â Rogers said. âNow there havenât been any evidence of dating or physical romance outside a large family near Baldur where cousins are being taught in the same house.â
Experts indicated that while the behaviour is alarming it is somewhat to be expected. Once the students are removed from their normal public school environment where sexual tension is standard they can develop âunnaturalâ flirting and mild attraction to siblings.
âWe received reports from many parents telling us they have noticed behavior that they would consider flirting if it wasnât between brother and sister,â Rogers said. âNow there havenât been any evidence of dating or physical romance outside a large family near Baldur where cousins are being taught in the same house.â
Experts indicated that while the behaviour is alarming it is somewhat to be expected. Once the students are removed from their normal public school environment where sexual tension is standard they can develop âunnaturalâ flirting and mild attraction to siblings.
“We received reports from many parents telling us they have noticed behavior that they would consider flirting if it wasn’t between brother and sister,” Rogers said. “Now there haven’t been any evidence of dating or physical romance outside a large family near Baldur where cousins are being taught in the same house.”
Experts indicated that while the behaviour is alarming it is somewhat to be expected. Once the students are removed from their normal public school environment where sexual tension is standard they can develop “unnatural” flirting and mild attraction to siblings.
