DISASTER,DISEASE PUSH UP PRICE OF PASSOVER BRISKET.Byline: Staff and Wire Services Shoppers will pay more for that kosher brisket brisket the mass of connective tissue and fat covering the anterior part of the chest in ruminants. Lies at the most ventral part of the neck, between the front legs and covering the anterior end of the sternum. on the table this Passover in the wake of a fire that destroyed the nation's biggest kosher slaughterhouse slaughterhouse: see abattoir; meatpacking. . The fire took place in December at ConAgra's beef plant in Garden City, N.J. Supplies are also tight because of the recent stoppage of meat imports from Argentina, which has been hit by foot-and-mouth disease foot-and-mouth disease, highly contagious disease almost exclusive to cattle, sheep, swine, goats, and other cloven-hoofed animals. It is caused by a virus that was identified in 1897. , industry experts said. Around the country, kosher brisket now costs about 15 percent more at the grocery store than it did a few months ago, said Menechem Lubinsky, president of Integrated Marketing Communications Integrated Marketing Communications Definition The American Marketing Association suggests that integrated marketing communications (IMC) is “a planning process designed to assure that all contacts received by a customer or prospect for a product, service, or , a New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of marketing firm that specializes in the kosher market. With Passover beginning tonight, some cities, including Los Angeles, have reported spot shortages of kosher brisket because of the fire, Lubinsky said. Supplies in New York and Florida are adequate, but prices are high. ``I'm getting calls and getting calls,'' said Henry Brait, owner of Sherman Oaks Kosher Meats, a wholesale operation. ``But I haven't gotten any briskets.'' Only a few slaughterhouses in the United States process kosher beef. For beef to be kosher, the animal must be slaughtered in keeping with Jewish dietary law. Only certain cuts of the animal are used, and the process must meet strict standards for cleanliness and quality. Brait reported that the recent beef shortages had sent prices climbing across the board, not merely for brisket. In the past month, prices have shot up as much as 80 cents per pound, now hovering in the high $4 range. In contrast, nonkosher brisket wholesales between $1.30 and $1.50 per pound in Los Angeles. The fire also forced Hebrew National, a leading kosher meat brand, to contract with an independent slaughterhouse for its deli products. Hebrew National has not been able to meet demand for corned beef and pastrami because of the blaze, said its president, Martin Silver. Though Passover has made brisket a hot commodity for delis across the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , none of the dozen largest delis in the Valley reported exhausted supplies. ``If there's a shortage of brisket, you can tell them it's all here at Weiler's,'' said Gail Mousis, owner of the popular Northridge nosh spot. ``We have full stock and we're raring rar·ing also rar·in' adj. Informal Full of eagerness; enthusiastic. [Present participle of dialectal rare, to rear, variant of rear2. to go for Passover.'' |
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