Jerusalem, Israel - Kosher Inspector Jailed For Importing Non-Kosher Meat

Jerusalem, Israel - A Jerusalem Court sentenced for six months in jail a kosher inspector convicted of assisting meat importers to smuggle and import non-kosher meat into Israel.

At the time of committing the offense Aharon Rabinowitz, 56, was a kosher slaughterhouse inspector, and was in charge over the inspection of imported kosher meat. The court convicted him of stealing kosher certificates and selling them to meat importers for $10,000, thus allowing them to bring into Israel non-kosher meat and selling it as kosher meat.
The judge sentenced Rabinowitz to six months in prison, to be converted to public service and imposed a NIS 30,000 fine.