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Judge OKs sale of Iowa kosher slaughterhouse
Published Monday, July 20, 2009 at 12:51 PM
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) _ A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge has approved the sale of an embattled northeast Iowa kosher slaughterhouse to a newly formed company. Bankruptcy Judge Paul J. Kilburg on Monday approved the sale of Agriprocessors, Inc., to SHF Industries, a company formed by Canadian plastics manufacturer Hershey Friedman and his son-in-law Daniel Hirsch in May. The sale ends months of speculation about the Postville plant's future since a massive immigration raid there in May 2008. Friedman says he plans to continue the Postville meatpacking operation with a focus on kosher meat.

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