Repercussion no. 1

The Israeli Rabbinate decides it will no longer accept animals slaughtered in the Postville abattoir as Kosher.

"Look," noted [head of the rabbinate's international shehita supervision department Rabbi Ezra] Raful, "he did not cut one of the jugular veins, so blood is still flowing. That's another reason for not accepting that shehita. It looks as though the animal wasn't slaughtered properly."

According to the NYT, Agriprocessors is/was the only American plant allowed to export to Israel. This latest development does not sound good for business.