Too bad the Mir story is false. It would have started a necessary dialogue on the use of commercial systems of scale that necessitate and institutionalize a level of tzaar baalei chayim that is unaaceptable if were only seen by the public. My great grandfather shechted chickens for his family and for his neigbours in the outhouse of his New Jersey home. Those birds were older, healthier, unmedicated, and likley a healtheir protein to consune. I don’t live in the past, I just have not eaten an animal protein in a very long time, because my standards are such that it is too costly. or not worth the bother. As for hashgachot, one can avoid the issue by strictly limiting the use of things that come in bags,boxes, tins, and jars. In my old life I had implicit trust in the OU. Them I found out that they subcontract to those in whom I have implicit distrust.
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