Kosher private regulation in the age of industrial food /
Timothy D. Lytton.
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, (c)2013.
- 1 online resource (viii, 232 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: why kosher food certification is worthy of attention -- Rivalry and racketeering: the failures of kosher meat supervision 1850-1940 -- From canned soup to packaged nuts: the rise of industrial kashrus -- Sour grapes and self-regulation: creating an American standard of kashrus -- Taking stock: the effectiveness and integrity of the American industrial kashrus system -- Conclusion: industrial kashrus as a model of private third-party certification.
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Kosher food industry--United States. Kosher food industry--Standards--United States.