Poultry boss urges new organic code

The managing director of Britain’s biggest kosher abattoir has called for a Jewish organisation to be given powers to certify organic poultry.

Stephen Grossman, who runs Lewcopak in Bedfordshire, has also challenged the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to break up what he called the “cartel” of 10 organisations that issue certification for organic produce and which refuse to certify organic kosher poultry and meat because they disapprove of shechitah.