The Committee for Special National Infrastructure Initiatives and Jewish Religious Services, chaired by MK Yulia Malinowski, convened today (Tuesday) to discuss the meat industry in Israel.
Malinowski caused a stir at the beginning of the meeting and claimed that "the meat market in Israel is kosher but stinks. Many people in the field warned me that I was going to open a Pandora's box, which is a cartel. I am not interested but what interests me is to save Israel costs After 30 years they have not touched on the issue of meat imports.
Malinowski said that she had talks with meat importers "I heard a lot of complaints about the conduct of the bodies involved in the field. Yes, there was a desire for some of the importers to come to the discussion, but along the way they received threats that if they came and opened things, they would close their business. .
Discussion on training costs in the meat market in Israel, Photo: Noam Moskowitz, Spokeswoman for the Knesset
"Most of the Israeli public trusts the training of the Chief Rabbinate in Israel."
The discussion in the committee, Photo: Noam Moskowitz, Spokeswoman for the Knesset
According to her, there are 31 meat importers in Israel and only 600 slaughterers.
"This is a centralized market, there is a small and rich group that controls the meat market and ensures that training costs remain high," she concluded.
According to the data presented during the discussion in the committee, the State of Israel consumes 180,000 tons of beef per year.
60% of meat consumption in Israel comes from imports of fresh or frozen meat, 25% in live shipments and only 15% of meat consumption comes from local crops.
The cost of beef and poultry in Israel will increase by 40% compared to the OECD average.
Deputy Minister Avir Kara said that "this is one of the most important discussions in the State of Israel. The barriers of the imported meat market are very many. In Israel, 100% of the goods of meat imports to Israel are inspected. "The Ministry of Health and the Chief Rabbinate. As soon as the reform passes, there will be a dramatic decrease in the number of live shipments."
The Ministry of Finance claimed that kashrut increases the price of meat by NIS 5 per kilogram. "Life to carry out the slaughter here in Israel and save the costs of the slaughter abroad," Borowski said.
"I was warned I was going to open a Pandora's box, a cartel."
Malinowski and members of the committee, Photo: Noam Moskowitz, Spokeswoman for the Knesset
Rabbi Avraham Bohbot, director of the slaughter and meat import department at the Chief Rabbinate, claimed that according to the records, there are about 600 slaughterers who recognize them, earning between $ 800 and $ 1,100 per working day, which brings their monthly salary to about $ 22,000 a month.
The chief rabbinate claims that they do not deal with the inlays of the slaughterers and the wages they receive.
The head of the actual kashrut division and director of enforcement at the Chief Rabbinate, Rabbi Rafael Yochai went on to say that "the Chief Rabbinate does not interfere with the amounts paid to slaughterers abroad, the slaughterers' employment is in the private market and is not supervised by the rabbinate. The Chief Rabbinate of Israel. "
The Ministry of Economy claimed that despite the high costs of training, the price of meat in Israel is actually declining.
Danny Tal, VP of Imports, Ministry of Economy and Industry: "In the past, a kilogram of minced meat would have cost NIS 60 and today the average price is NIS 30 per kilogram.
There are bureaucratic barriers in this market, but the regulators are doing a lot to make it easier for meat to enter Israel. "
Committee Chairman Malinowski summed up the discussion: “The kosher field of imported meat must be regulated.
At the top of the list of priorities is the need to solve the problem of Mashgiach-Mashgiach and increase the number of slaughterers recognized by the Chief Rabbinate.
I would like to receive the procedures formulated for the certification of slaughterers in Israel and the names of the slaughterers recognized by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. "
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