Are kosher meats considered organic?
• nope. though you can find kosher, organic meat, they’re two completely different certifications. Permalink | Reply goodhealthgourmet Aug 14, 2009 02:23PM • Not at all related. Kosher certification for meat is based on how the animal is slaughtered and processed, while organic certification is based on how the animal is raised. Permalink | Reply Ruth Lafler Aug 14, 2009 03:10PM • To elaborate slightly, ‘organic’ is a label that means that the animal was raised following certain rules, such as not feeding them certain things (other animal byproducts, mostly), or giving them antibiotics to make them grow faster. ‘Kosher’ means that the slaughter and processing of the meat was done according to certain rules, and that the meat came from a kosher type of animal (eg cows, sheep). The two address different steps in the process of getting meat to your table, and are totally unrelated. On posting, I see that Ruth got there first – sorry. Permalink | Reply GilaB Aug 14, 2009 03:11PM • All meat
