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Kosher plant in Gordon closes



GORDON, Neb. (AP) — A Gordon slaughterhouse run by Agriprocessors has closed because of the financial problems the kosher meat company is having.

The phone number for the Local Pride LLC plant that Agriprocessors ran was disconnected Wednesday.

Rabbi Menachem Genack, CEO of the Orthodox Union, said the Local Pride plant in Gordon closed several days ago when Agriprocessors lost its line of credit because the company couldn't afford any new cattle. A company official earlier this year said the plant employed 60 to 80 workers.

The Orthodox Union is the primary certifier of kosher slaughterhouses and monitored the Gordon plant.

Agriprocessors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday, but company officials have said they are seeking investors and hope to restructure the company. The move came as Agriprocessors was facing a Wednesday hearing in federal court, where St. Louis-based First Bank was seeking to foreclose on the company's Postville, Iowa, plant and appoint a third party to oversee Agriprocessors' assets.

Experts said Agriprocessors provides about 60 percent of the nation's supply of kosher meat.

Company officials have been accused of thousands of child labor violations and of repeatedly breaking safety rules.
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