Hebrew National hot dogs not kosher, lawsuit claims

Hebrew National--the hot dog maker that has long claimed to "answer to a higher authority"--is being sued by a small group of consumers who say their meats are falsely advertised as kosher.

According to Reuters, the lawsuit filed by 11 people in Minnesota against Hebrew National owner ConAgra Foods Inc. claims the company misled them in placing the "Triangle K" symbol on products that did not cut the mustard, so to speak, when it comes to standards for kosher labeling.

ConAgra, they say, was then able to charge premium prices for non-kosher meat.

AER, the Skokie, Illinois-based company that supervises kosher slaughtering process, "did little or nothing" to address complaints that the meat processed for ConAgra was non-kosher, according to the lawsuit. ...............(more)

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