China Banks on Kosher Seal to Revive Food Exports
Chinese exporters, facing a recent U.S. backlash over tainted food products, are turning to an unlikely group of inspectors to clean up their act: rabbis. It seems that the Chinese believe that a kosher seal might inspire confidence in American consumers, even those who don't hesitate to mix meat and milk shakes.
Rabbi Mordechai Grunberg in Jinan, western China, who has been certifying Chinese exports as kosher, talks with Scott Simon.
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