Reddit reviews Kosher Nation: Why More and More of America's Food Answers to a Higher Authority
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>A good Jew knows whether he can eat something or not
If you cook all your food yourself or if a knowledgable family member makes all your meals maybe so. The minute you start getting into processed foods things change (see below).
>and if he is lied to or makes a mistake God doesn't hold him accountable.
Basically true but...
> Of course, as with anything religious, this may be the position of his personal branch of Judaism and not all Jews.
Correct. I used to be not so strict about keeping kosher but after talking to some of the inspectors that go around the world dealing with the factories that make food or food ingredients and processing agents and learning from them I changed my attitude and became more strict.
The inspectors I know aren't rich by any means, their work is practically blue collar but requires a detailed understanding of many volumes of Jewish law on the subject of kashrus as well as knowing the ins and outs of many different parts of the food processing business, one of them has a PHD in chemistry. They travel for months out of the year and are often away from their families. Not easy work. They could certainly earn more money in other jobs but these guys do it because they look at it like public service work.
Of course there have been cases where supervisors were dishonest or worse, but on the whole this really isn't the case. If you want to read a book on the subject in general without going into too much detail, try Kosher Nation by Sue Fishkoff.
Hey, the kashrus industry is fascinating. The book to read is Kosher Nation: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805242651/ref=oh_details_o08_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1